Technology Assessments
We lead the health economics component of health technology assessments undertaken across the IAHS. These include NIHR funded and externally funded trials and cohort studies of new and existing interventions. The research is generally multidisciplinary and undertaken in collaboration with research groups in the University of Aberdeen and external centres of excellence.
Current Projects
| DIAMOND - Deep infiltrating endometriosis: management by treatment versus early surgery |
| HERU Contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: NIHR Award 130310 |
| HEALTH - Hysterectomy or Endometrial AbLation Trial for Heavy menstrual bleeding - long-term follow-up |
| HERU contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: ISRCTN49013893 |
| LENS - Lowering Events in Non-proliferative retinopathy in Scotland |
| HERU contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: ISRCTN15073006 |
| ORCHARD - Optimising Remote Consulting and Home Assessment of medically vulnerable Rural patients During unscheduled and planned primary care |
| HERU contact: Mandy Ryan |
| Link: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT05732922 |
| PIP - Pulpotomy for the management of irreversible pulpitis in mature teeth |
| HERU contact: Dwayne Boyers and Marjon van der Pol |
| Link: NIHR Award 129230 |
| Plan-A - Planning mode of birth in routine Antenatal care: development of a decision-aid |
| HERU contact: Mary Kilonzo |
| Link: NIHR Award 150979 |
| PROSPECT follow up - PROlapse Surgery: Pragmatic Evaluation and randomised Controlled Trial |
| HERU Contact: Mary Kilonzo |
| Link: NIHR Award 07/60/18 |
| PROTEA - PROgesterone for ThrEAtened Miscarriage |
| HERU Contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: CSO HIPS/23/15 |
| PUrE - Clinical and cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower pole calyces of the kidney |
| HERU contact: Rodolfo Hernández |
| Link: NIHR Award 13/152/02 |
| REFLECt trial: a Randomised controlled trial to Evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of prescribing high concentration FLuoride toothpaste in preventing and treating dEntal Caries in high-risk older adulTs |
| HERU contact: Dwayne Boyers |
| Link: NIHR Award 16/23/01 |
| REGAL trial - Recurrence of endometriosis: GnRH analogues versus laparoscopic surgery |
| HERU contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: NIHR Award 127280 |
| SCRIPT - Selective Caries Removal in Permanent Teeth |
| HERU contact: Dwayne Boyers and Marjon van der Pol |
| Link: NIHR Award 17/127/07 |
| SIMS Trial: Adjustable anchored single-incision mini-slings versus standard tension-free mid-urethral slings in the surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence: a pragmatic multicentre non-inferiority randomised controlled trial, and long-term follow up |
| HERU contact: Mary Kilonzo |
| Link: NIHR Award 12/127/157 |
| VUE: Vault or Uterine prolapse surgery Evaluation - long-term follow-up |
| HERU contact: Mary Kilonzo |
| Link: NIHR Award 11/129/183 |
Recently Completed Projects
| C-GALL - Randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones |
| HERU contact: Rodolfo Hernández |
| Link: NIHR Award 14/192/71 |
| Developing an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths: a feasibility study |
| HERU contact: Mary Kilonzo |
| Link: CSO HIPS/20/09 |
| EDNA - Early Detection of Neovascular Age-related macular degeneration |
| HERU contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: ISRCTN Registry - ISRCTN48855678 |
| E-FREEZE - Embryo transfer in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization |
| HERU contact: Graham Scotland |
| Link: ISRCTN Registry - ISRCTN61225414 |
| GRIP - Glaucoma RIsk Prediction in ocular hypertension |
| HERU contact: Rodolfo Hernández |
| Link: NIHR Award 131808 |
| RAACENO - Reducing Asthma Attacks in Children using Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a biomarker |
| HERU contact: Paul McNamee |
| Link: ISRCTN Registry - ISRCTN67875351 |
| UK-REBOA - Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta |
| HERU contact: Dwayne Boyers |
| Link: NIHR Award 14/199/09 |