Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC)

Publications

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Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation as first-line treatment for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: the CASA-AF RCT

Shouvik Haldar, Habib R Khan, Vennela Boyalla, Ines Kralj-Hans, Simon Jones, Joanne Lord, Oluchukwu Onyimadu, Anitha Sathishkumar, Toufan Bahrami, Jonathan Clague, Anthony De Souza, Darrel Francis, Wajid Hussain, Julian Jarman, David G Jones, Zhong Chen, Neeraj Mediratta, Jonathan Hyde, Michael Lewis, Raad Mohiaddin, Tushar Salukhe, Caroline Murphy, Joanna Kelly, Rajdeep Khattar, William D Toff, Vias Markides, James McCready, Dhiraj Gupta & Tom Wong, 2021, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, 8(18)

DOI: 10.3310/eme08180

Type: article

Inconsistent and incomplete retraction of published research: a cross-sectional study on Covid-19 retractions and recommendations to mitigate risks for research, policy and practice

Geoff Frampton, Lois Woods & David Alexander Scott, 2021, PLoS ONE, 16(10 October)

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258935

Type: article

Altering product placement to create a healthier layout in supermarkets: outcomes on store sales, customer purchasing and diet in a prospective matched-controlled cluster study.

Christina Vogel, Sarah Crozier, Daniel J Penn-newman, Kylie Ball, Graham Moon, Joanne Lord, Cyrus Cooper & Janis Baird, 2021, PLoS Medicine, 18(9)

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003729

Type: article

Spironolactone for adult female acne (SAFA): protocol for a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III randomised study of spironolactone as systemic therapy for acne in adult women

Susanne Renz, Fay Chinnery, Beth Stuart, Laura Day, Ingrid Muller, Irene Soulsby, Jacqui Nuttall, Karen Thomas, Kim Suzanne Thomas, Tracey Sach, Louise Stanton, Matthew J Ridd, Nick Francis, Paul Little, Zina Eminton, Gareth Griffiths, Alison M Layton & Miriam Santer, 2021, BMJ Open, 11(8)

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053876

Type: article

Topical preparations for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris: systematic review and network meta-analysis

Beth Stuart, Emma Maund, Christopher Wilcox, Kannan Sridharan, Gowri Sivaramakrishnan, Constantinos Regas, David Newell, Irene Soulsby, Kar Fat Tang, Andrew Y. Finlay, Heiner C. Bucher, Paul Little, Alison M. Layton & Miriam Santer, 2021, British Journal of Dermatology, 185(3), 512-525

DOI: 10.1111/bjd.20080

Type: review