Whilst reviewing an article submitted to a transplant journal recently, my attention was brought to an issue that is often overlooked in survival analysis, called ‘immortal time bias’. The issue arises when the groups to be compared in the analysis are defined by a time-dependent event that can occur any time during follow-up. As standard […]
We are looking for a Research Associate to work at the Peter Morris Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. You will be working closely with the co-directors of the Centre and will be responsible for keeping the online Transplant Library up to date and accurate, and composing the Transplant Trial […]
The May 2018 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available online. This month’s studies include the impact of allograft nephrectomy on subsequent transplants, the mid- and long-term risks of living kidney donation, and the use of transcatheter arterial embolisation in patients with APKD prior to transplant.
The first of the Consortium for Organ Preservation in Europe (COPE) organ preservation trials has now been published in Nature. The large, European, multicentre trial randomised livers to standard static cold storage, or to normothermic machine preservation using the OrganOx Metra device. The study demonstrated improved early biochemical function, with a reduction in peak ALT […]
The April 2018 Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s studies include a trial of Eculizumab for prevention of ischaemia-reperfusion injury, a systematic review of liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis, and a review of the impact of positive preservation fluid cultures.
The March 2018 Transplant Trial watch is now available online and via the CET app. This month’s papers include an evaluation of inclusion/exclusion criteria in transplant clinical trials, self-monitoring of kidney function after transplantation and extended versus modified right lobe grafts for live donor liver transplantation.
We are conducting an interesting study to investigate attitudes and current practices regarding anonymised clinical trial data sharing among transplant professionals. This study will provide insight regarding the facilitators and barriers of sharing data and help develop better tools and processes for data sharing in the future. Participation in the survey will only take 5 […]
The European Society in Organ Transplantation and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation have teamed up to create a new course for future leaders in transplantation. Replacing the Evidence in Transplantation (EVIT) course and European Transplant Fellows Workshop (ETFW), this new course aims to teach: Academic skills – research, critical appraisal, evidence based medicine, systematic […]