Research Successes


Surgery Hero Trial

Chief Investigator: Rebecca Barker

This study aims to assess the role of Surgery Hero Health’s lifestyle coaching mobile app in supporting patients to make positive changes to their health before and after surgery. The Surgery Hero Health app is a mobile health coaching application that uses personalised educational programs and remote health coaching with a qualified health coach to support patients during their operative journey. We want to find out if this app can help patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty to make positive health changes and improve patient’s recovery after surgery.

Not only this is a study where we are the sponsor, we were the first site to meet our recruitment target on time. Results will be published later in the year.

RECOVERY Trial

Thank you to all participants who have taken part in the RECOVERY trial, we currently have 333 participants.

The research team are proud to have been part of the on-going RECOVERY trial that have already found life-changing treatments for COVID-19.

Dexamethasone - A low-cost steroid found to reduce death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications.
Tocilizumab - An anti-inflammatory treatment reduces the risk of death in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19.

The study treatments currently within the trial in the UK are:

Barocitinib (a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis) 4mg daily for 10 days or until discharge and Standard Care.

A Research Team Reflection on the RECOVERY Trial

Our patients were thankful for being given the opportunity to participate in the COVID research.  They felt really unwell and were scared for their lives, being offered the chance to participate in research where we were looking for potential treatments for COVID-19, made them feel more positive for the future.  A number of patients reported to not only wanting to help themselves but future people contracting COVID-19.

Harmonie Trial

 

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