369 results match your criteria: "National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre[Affiliation]"
Can J Kidney Health Dis
December 2023
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Background: Care gaps remain in modern health care despite the availability of robust, evidence-based medications. Although sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have demonstrated profound benefits in improving both cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in patients, the uptake of these medications remain suboptimal, and the causes have not been systematically explored.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to use the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to describe the barriers and facilitators faced by clinicians in British Columbia, Canada, when prescribing an SGLT2 inhibitor.
Br J Cancer
February 2024
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Background: CA-125 alone is widely used to diagnose progressive disease (PD) in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer (PSROC) on chemotherapy. However, there are increasing concerns regarding its accuracy. We assessed concordance between progression defined by CA-125 and RECIST using data from the CALYPSO trial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychooncology
January 2024
Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Objectives: The number of colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors is increasing and current models of survivorship care are unsustainable. There is a drive to implement alternative models of care including shared care between general practitioners (GPs) and hospital-based providers. The primary objective of this study was to explore perspectives on facilitators and barriers to shared care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntern Med J
March 2024
School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
BMC Nurs
November 2023
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australian Catholic University, De Lacy Building, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia.
JAMA Surg
February 2024
Anaesthesia and Critical Care Section, Academic Unit of Injury, Inflammation and Repair, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Importance: There is a lack of consensus regarding the interval of time-dependent postoperative mortality risk following acute coronary syndrome or stroke.
Objective: To determine the magnitude and duration of risk associated with the time interval between a preoperative cardiovascular event and 30-day postoperative mortality.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This is a longitudinal retrospective population-based cohort study.
Children (Basel)
October 2023
School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Background: The prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome is increasing, but the number and quality of clinical practice guidelines available are unknown. This systematic review aimed to identify, appraise and evaluate clinical practice guidelines for neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Methods: A systematic search of databases and the grey literature was conducted between 1 June and 1 July 2022.
J Natl Cancer Inst
October 2023
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
JNCI Cancer Spectr
August 2023
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
J Am Coll Cardiol
September 2023
Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
JMIR Dermatol
December 2022
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Background: The growing number of melanoma patients who need long-term surveillance increasingly exceeds the capacity of the dermatology workforce, particularly outside of metropolitan areas. Digital technologies that enable patients to perform skin self-examination and send dermoscopic images of lesions of concern to a dermatologist (mobile teledermoscopy) are a potential solution. If these technologies and the remote delivery of melanoma surveillance are to be incorporated into routine clinical practice, they need to be accepted by clinicians providing melanoma care, such as dermatologists and general practitioners (GPs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Nurs
August 2023
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australian Catholic University, De Lacy Building, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia.
Background: Nurses play an essential role in patient safety. Inadequate nursing physical assessment and communication in handover practices are associated with increased patient deterioration, falls and pressure injuries. Despite internationally implemented rapid response systems, falls and pressure injury reduction strategies, and recommendations to conduct clinical handovers at patients' bedside, adverse events persist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open Respir Res
August 2023
Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
Introduction: Globally, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. While ARI-related mortality is low in Australia, First Nations infants are hospitalised with ARIs up to nine times more often than their non-First Nations counterparts. The gap is widest in the Northern Territory (NT) where rates of both acute and chronic respiratory infection are among the highest reported in the world.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer
December 2023
Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Background: The impact of survivorship care plans (SCPs) on the proximal and distal outcomes of adult and childhood cancer survivors, and parent proxies, is unclear. This study aimed to determine the relationship between SCP receipt and these outcomes.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of adult and childhood cancer survivors (and parent proxies for survivors aged younger than 16 years) across Australia and New Zealand was conducted.
Br J Anaesth
September 2023
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia; Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia; National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: Suggested anaesthetic dose ranges do not differ by sex, likely because of limited studies comparing sexes. Our objective was to systematically synthesise studies with outcomes of unintended anaesthesia awareness under anaesthesia, intraoperative connected consciousness, time to emergence from anaesthesia, and dosing to achieve adequate depth of anaesthesia, and to compare between females and males.
Methods: Studies were identified from MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane library databases until August 2, 2022.
Am J Perinatol
May 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, My Duc Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Objective: Preterm birth, defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestation, is a leading cause of perinatal and infant mortality throughout the world. Preterm birth is also associated with long-term neurological disabilities and other significant health issues in children. A short cervix in the second trimester has been noted to be one of the strongest predictors of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth in both singleton and multiple pregnancies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
July 2023
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Eating Disorders In weight-related Therapy (EDIT) Collaboration brings together data from randomised controlled trials of behavioural weight management interventions to identify individual participant risk factors and intervention strategies that contribute to eating disorder risk. We present a protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis which aims to identify participants at risk of developing eating disorders, or related symptoms, during or after weight management interventions conducted in adolescents or adults with overweight or obesity. We systematically searched four databases up to March 2022 and clinical trials registries to May 2022 to identify randomised controlled trials of weight management interventions conducted in adolescents or adults with overweight or obesity that measured eating disorder risk at pre- and post-intervention or follow-up.
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August 2023
From the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia.
Int J Surg Case Rep
July 2023
Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Introduction: Umbilical metastases are uncommon and rarely associated with endometrial cancer. In this report we describe a unique case of a patient with low-grade endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EAC) who developed an umbilical metastasis containing dedifferentiated endometrial carcinoma, in the context of super-morbid obesity with a body mass index (BMI) of 80 kg/m.
Presentation Of Case: A 55-year-old female with atypical endometrial hyperplasia was treated with progestogens whilst attempting weight loss prior to definitive surgery, given the impact of her obesity on surgical risk.
Breast
August 2023
Emeritus Professor, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Background: Sentinel node-based management (SNBM) is the international standard of care for early breast cancer that is clinically node-negative based on randomised trials comparing it with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) and reporting similar rates of axillary recurrence (AR) without distant disease. We report all ARs, overall survival, and breast cancer-specific survival at 10-years in SNAC1.
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Diab Vasc Dis Res
July 2023
Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Background: Peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) provides non-invasive measures of vascular health. Beneficial effects of metformin on vascular function have been reported in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). In the REducing with MetfOrmin Vascular Adverse Lesions (REMOVAL) trial in adults with T1D and high cardiovascular risk, we examined: (i) the extent to which routinely-measured cardiometabolic risk factors explain variance in baseline PAT; and (ii) the effects of metformin on PAT measures.
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November 2023
Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Patient navigation is a strategy for overcoming barriers to reduce disparities and to improve access and outcomes. The aim of this umbrella review was to identify, critically appraise, synthesize, and present the best available evidence to inform policy and planning regarding patient navigation across the cancer continuum. Systematic reviews examining navigation in cancer care were identified in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), Epistemonikos, and Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) databases and in the gray literature from January 1, 2012, to April 19, 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOpen Forum Infect Dis
June 2023
Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Campus, Brisbane, Australia.
Background: infection (CDI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in both healthcare and community settings. We aimed to define the predisposing factors, risks for severe disease, and mortality determinants of CDI in eastern Australia over a 1-year period.
Methods: This is an observational retrospective study of CDI in hospitalized patients aged ≥18 years in 6 tertiary institutions from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.
Transplant Direct
May 2023
Collaborative Centre for Organ Donation Evidence, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Unlabelled: Kidneys from potential deceased donors with brain cancer are often foregone due to concerns of cancer transmission risk to recipients. There may be uncertainty around donors' medical history and their absolute transmission risk or risk-averse decision-making among clinicians. However, brain cancer transmissions are rare, and prolonging waiting time for recipients is harmful.
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May 2023
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: Standard treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer is chemoradiotherapy, but many patients relapse and die of metastatic disease. We aimed to determine the effects on survival of adjuvant chemotherapy after chemoradiotherapy.
Methods: The OUTBACK trial was a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial done in 157 hospitals in Australia, China, Canada, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the USA.