Get involved
How you can contribute
Patients
If you would like to get involved in surgery research, click on the link below to view a list of Portfolio studies that are open to patients. For more information about getting involved in clinical research you can visit our Patient and Public Involvement page. The National Surgery Specialty Group works closely with a number of organisations supporting patients, carers and clinicians and the current list is available through the link on the right.
The UK Clinical Trials Gateway provides easy to understand information about clinical research trials running in the UK and gives access to a large range of information about these trials. It is designed to enable you and your clinician to locate and contact trials of interest to you. Please follow the link to find out more.
Researchers
If you are interested in becoming involved in surgery research as a researcher contact your local Specialty Group lead. You may also be interested in contacting a Surgical Trainee-led Collaborative in your area. Please view the map through the link of the right.
Quick view of Surgery studies currently recruiting and open to new sites
(Click on the links for further details and contact person)
| ID | PROJECT | CONTACT | OPEN |
| 8299 | eTHoS - A pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing stapled haemorrhoidopexy to traditional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease | Hanne Bruhn h.bruhn@abdn.ac.uk | Yes, within and outside lead country |
| 9592 | FIAT Study - Fistula-In-Ano trial comparing Surgisis anal fistula plug versus surgeon's preference for transsphincteric fistula-in-ano | Laura Magill e.l.magill@bham.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 10666 | POM-X - POMX (Post Operative Morbidity): Trial of chewing gum to reduce postoperative morbidity in elective orthopaedic surgery. | Gareth Ackland g.ackland@ucl.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 11781 | A survey study on surgical complications and patient wellbeing - A survey study on the association of surgical complications with patient psychosocial outcomes | Anna Pinto
a.pinto@imperial.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 11911 | BY-BAND - Gastric BYpass or adjustable gastric BANDing surgery to treat morbid obesity | Jane Blazeby J.M.Blazeby@bristol.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 12486 | The HubBLe trial - A multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing rubber band ligation with haemorrhoidal artery ligation in the management of symptomatic second and third degree haemorrhoids. | Katie Biggs c.e.biggs@sheffield.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 13136 | The Effects of Surgery on Central Aortic Haemodynamics 2012 - Study to Investigate the Effect of Surgery on Central Aortic Pressure | Vimal Gokani
vjg9@le.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 13461 | ROCSS - A randomised controlled trial of reinforcement of closure of stoma site using a biological mesh | Laura Magill
e.l.magill@bham.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
| 13507 | The OPEN Trial: Open Urethroplasty versus Endoscopic Urethrotomy - Clarifying the management of men with recurrent urethral stricture: A pragmatic multicentre randomised superiority trial of open urethroplasty versus endoscopic urethrotomy | Catherine Brennand cath.brennand@ncl.ac.uk | IN SET –UP Pending NHS Permission Yes, within lead country only |
| 13680 | PREVENTT - A randomised double-blind controlled phase III study to compare the efficacy and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose with placebo in patients with anaemia undergoing major open abdominal surgery | Laura Van Dyck
laura.vandyck@lshtm.ac.uk | IN SET –UP Pending NHS Permission Yes, within lead country only |
| 13695 | POM-HR - The Role of Autonomic Responses to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Predicting Surgical Outcome in Noncardiac Surgical Patients | Gareth Ackland g.ackland@ucl.ac.uk | Yes, within lead country only |
