April 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The April 2017 Transplant Trial Watch is now available online and via the TTW app for iPhone, iPad and android. This month, studies include a meta-analysis of RAS blockade in renal transplant recipients, early vs. late removal of ureteric stents, and development of a transplant risk index for patients on mechanical circulatory support.
Read moreCET Members elected to BTS committees
We are pleased to announce that two members of the CET have been elected to the committees of the British Transplantation Society. Liset Pengel will join the Standards Committee as vice chair, and Simon Knight has been elected to the Clinical Trials Committee. Both are very excited about getting more involved, and hope that we […]
Read moreMarch 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The March 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s papers include telemedicine for live donor follow-up, ACE inhibitors in renal transplant recipients and cancer screening recommendations following solid organ transplantation.
Read moreFebruary 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The February 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial watch is now available. This month, studies include novel monoclonal antibodies for prevention of CMV viraemia post-transplant, diagnostic markers for acute kidney rejection and chronic kidney injury, and portocaval shunts in liver transplantation.
Read moreJanuary 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The January 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month, trials include risk of infection with RANKL inhibitors, kidney cooling during anastomosis and donor ischaemia preconditioning in liver transplantation.
Read moreDecember 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The December 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month, articles include a trial of fibrin glue to prevent complications after renal transplantation, a meta-analysis of renal outcomes in live kidney donors and the risk of biliary complications following live donor liver transplantation. It also includes an analysis of the HTA […]
Read moreComing Soon: The critical appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Transplant Library
We have recently started adding Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) published since 2005 on all aspects of solid organ transplantation to the Transplant Library database. These include consensus reports, documents and statements where specific recommendations or guidelines are given. In order to facilitate the easy identification of good quality CPGs we aim to appraise all newly […]
Read moreQuality and consistency of outcome reporting in transplant clinical trials
Much focus is placed upon the methodological quality of clinical trials, and the impact that it has on the risk of bias at a study level. An often neglected area is the reporting quality of the manuscripts from trials, which can also have a big impact on the interpretation of results. A recent paper in […]
Read moreNovember 2016 Transplant Trial Watch is now available
The November 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, studies include a systematic review of fish oil for kidney transplant recipients, metal vs. plastic stents for benign biliary strictures, and cardiac transplantation after the Norwood procedure.
Read moreKidney Transplant PSP published in PLOS ONE
The results of the Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership have been published in PLOS ONE today. The journal is open access, so head to the PLOS ONE website now to get a copy. The project brought together clinicians, researchers, patients and carers to identify and prioritise areas for future research in kidney transplantation. You can read more […]
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