Publications
2024
The overlap between randomised evaluations of recruitment and retention interventions: An updated review of recruitment (Online Resource for Recruitment in Clinical triAls) and retention (Online Resource for Retention in Clinical triAls) literature.
Kearney, A., Butlin, L., Coffey, T., Conway, T., Cotterill, S., Evans, A., . . . Gamble, C. (2024). The overlap between randomised evaluations of recruitment and retention interventions: An updated review of recruitment (Online Resource for Recruitment in Clinical triAls) and retention (Online Resource for Retention in Clinical triAls) literature.. Clinical trials (London, England), 21(5), 640-649. doi:10.1177/17407745241238444
A review of Core Outcome Sets (COS) developed for different settings finds there is a subset of outcomes relevant for both research and routine care.
Kearney, A., Williamson, P. R., & Dodd, S. (2024). A review of Core Outcome Sets (COS) developed for different settings finds there is a subset of outcomes relevant for both research and routine care.. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Core Outcome Sets for Research and Core Outcome Sets for Routine Care – Do They Overlap?’
Kearney, A., Gorst, S., Williamson, P., & Dodd, S. (2024). Core Outcome Sets for Research and Core Outcome Sets for Routine Care – Do They Overlap?’. Poster session presented at the meeting of HTAi 2024. Seville.
Guidance to inform research recruitment processes for studies involving critically ill patients
Woolfall, K., Paddock, K., Watkins, M., Kearney, A., Neville, K., Frith, L., . . . Young, B. (2023). Guidance to inform research recruitment processes for studies involving critically ill patients. JOURNAL OF THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY. doi:10.1177/17511437231197293
2023
Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC).
Comans, T., Nguyen, K., Gray, L., Flicker, L., Williamson, P., Dodd, S., . . . Kurrle, S. E. (2023). Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC).. BMJ Open, 13(12), e073884. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073884
A systematic review of studies reporting the development of Core Outcome Sets for use in routine care
Kearney, A., Gargon, E., Mitchell, J., Callaghan, S., Yameen, F., Williamson, P., & Dodd, S. (2023). A systematic review of studies reporting the development of Core Outcome Sets for use in routine care. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 158, 34-43. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.03.011
Development of core outcome sets for both research and care
Kearney, A., Dodd, S., & Williamson, P. R. (2023). Development of core outcome sets for both research and care. ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, 102(7), 960. doi:10.1111/aogs.14586
2022
Query Resolution of Literature Knowledge Graphs using Hybrid Document Embeddings.
Coenen, F., Muhammad, I., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., & Williams, P. (2022). Query Resolution of Literature Knowledge Graphs using Hybrid Document Embeddings..
Learning from stakeholders to inform good practice guidance on consent to research in intensive care units: a mixed-methods study.
Paddock, K., Woolfall, K., Kearney, A., Pattison, N., Frith, L., Gamble, C., . . . Young, B. (2022). Learning from stakeholders to inform good practice guidance on consent to research in intensive care units: a mixed-methods study.. BMJ open, 12(11), e066149. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066149
Increased transparency was required when reporting imputation of primary outcome data in clinical trials
Kearney, A., Rosala-Hallas, A., Rainford, N., Blazeby, J. M., Clarke, M., Lane, A. J., & Gamble, C. (2022). Increased transparency was required when reporting imputation of primary outcome data in clinical trials. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 146, 60-67. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.02.008
Developing an online, searchable database to systematically map and organise current literature on retention research (ORRCA2)
Kearney, A., Ashford, P. -A., Butlin, L., Conway, T., Cragg, W. J., Devane, D., . . . Gamble, C. (2022). Developing an online, searchable database to systematically map and organise current literature on retention research (ORRCA2). CLINICAL TRIALS, 19(1), 71-80. doi:10.1177/17407745211053803
2021
Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials.
Gillies, K., Kearney, A., Keenan, C., Treweek, S., Hudson, J., Brueton, V. C., . . . Aceves-Martins, M. (2021). Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials. COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (3). doi:10.1002/14651858.MR000032.pub3
Document Ranking for Curated Document Databases Using BERT and Knowledge Graph Embeddings: Introducing GRAB-Rank
Muhammad, I., Bollegala, D., Coenen, F., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., & Williamson, P. (2021). Document Ranking for Curated Document Databases Using BERT and Knowledge Graph Embeddings: Introducing GRAB-Rank. In BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY (DAWAK 2021) Vol. 12925 (pp. 116-127). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86534-4_10
2020
Prospective reporting of statistical analysis plans for randomised controlled trials
Hemming, K., Kearney, A., Gamble, C., Li, T., Juni, P., Chan, A. -W., & Sydes, M. R. (2020). Prospective reporting of statistical analysis plans for randomised controlled trials. TRIALS, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-020-04828-8
Maintaining Curated Document Databases Using a Learning to Rank Model: The ORRCA Experience
Muhammad, I., Bollegala, D., Coenen, F., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., & Williamson, P. (2020). Maintaining Curated Document Databases Using a Learning to Rank Model: The ORRCA Experience. In Unknown Conference (pp. 345-357). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63799-6_26
Open Information Extraction for Knowledge Graph Construction
Muhammad, I., Kearney, A., Gamble, C., Coenen, F., & Williamson, P. (2020). Open Information Extraction for Knowledge Graph Construction. In Unknown Conference (pp. 103-113). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59028-4_10
2019
ORRCA and ORRCA2: A large-scale, international, collaboration to map recruitment and retention literature
Kearney, A., Rosala-Hallas, A., Cragg, W. J., Devane, D., Gillies, K., Harman, N. L., . . . Gamble, C. (2019). ORRCA and ORRCA2: A large-scale, international, collaboration to map recruitment and retention literature. In TRIALS Vol. 20. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Assessing attrition in Randomised Control Trials, the identification of attrition risk factors and the challenges of poor reporting: A comparison of reports from 2013 and 2018
Kearney, A., Rosala-Hallas, A., Rainford, N., Blazeby, J. M., Clarke, M., Lane, A. J., . . . Gamble, C. (2019). Assessing attrition in Randomised Control Trials, the identification of attrition risk factors and the challenges of poor reporting: A comparison of reports from 2013 and 2018. In TRIALS Vol. 20. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2018
Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature
Kearney, A., Harman, N. L., Rosala-Hallas, A., Beecher, C., Blazeby, J. M., Bower, P., . . . Gamble, C. (2018). Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature. CLINICAL TRIALS, 15(6), 533-542. doi:10.1177/1740774518796156
Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets
Kearney, A., Rosala-Hallas, A., Bacon, N., Daykin, A., Shaw, A. R. G., Lane, A. J., . . . Gamble, C. (2018). Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets. PLOS ONE, 13(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204886
'Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment' - the need for more focus on retention: a qualitative study of five trials
Daykin, A., Clement, C., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., . . . Shaw, A. (2018). 'Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment' - the need for more focus on retention: a qualitative study of five trials. TRIALS, 19. doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2467-0
2017
Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials: A modified Delphi process
Kearney, A., Williamson, P., Young, B., Gamble, C., Bagley, H., Denegri, S., . . . woolfall, K. (2017). Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials: A modified Delphi process. Health Expectations, 20(6), 1401-1410. doi:10.1111/hex.12583
Identifying research priorities for effective retention strategies in clinical trials
Kearney, A., Daykin, A., Shaw, A. R. G., Lane, A. J., Blazeby, J. M., Clarke, M., . . . Gamble, C. (2017). Identifying research priorities for effective retention strategies in clinical trials. Trials, 18. doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2132-z
"To have and to hold, from this day forward": understanding current practice regarding retention of trial participants
Clement, C., Daykin, A., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., . . . Heawood, A. (2017). "To have and to hold, from this day forward": understanding current practice regarding retention of trial participants. In TRIALS Vol. 18. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Identifying effective retention strategies: a research agenda
Kearney, A., Daykin, A., Heawood, A. J., Lane, A., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., . . . Gamble, C. (2017). Identifying effective retention strategies: a research agenda. In TRIALS Vol. 18. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials research (ORRCA)
Kearney, A., Harman, N. L., Bacon, N., Daykin, A., Heawood, A. J., Lane, A., . . . Bower, P. (2017). Online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials research (ORRCA). In TRIALS Vol. 18. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Reducing attrition: the communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information sheets
Kearney, A., Rosala-Hallas, A., Bacon, N., Daykin, A., Heawood, A. J., Lane, A., . . . Gamble, C. (2017). Reducing attrition: the communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information sheets. In TRIALS Vol. 18. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2015
"To have, to hold, from this day forward": understanding current practice regarding the retention of trial participants
Daykin, A., Lane, A., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., . . . Heawood, A. (2015). "To have, to hold, from this day forward": understanding current practice regarding the retention of trial participants. In TRIALS Vol. 16. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P104
A review of the description of patient withdrawal in trial protocols and patient information sheets (PIS)
Kearney, A., Daykin, A., Heawood, A., Lane, A., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., . . . Gamble, C. (2015). A review of the description of patient withdrawal in trial protocols and patient information sheets (PIS). In TRIALS Vol. 16. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P46
Reported reasons for missing data and the interplay with trial setting
Kearney, A., Bacon, N., Rosala-Hallas, A., Daykin, A., Heawood, A., Lane, A., . . . Gamble, C. (2015). Reported reasons for missing data and the interplay with trial setting. Poster session presented at the meeting of 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference. Glasgow UK.
2014
Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays
Kearney, A., McKay, A., Hickey, H., Balabanova, S., Marson, A. G., Gamble, C., & Williamson, P. (2014). Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays. BMJ Open, 4(9). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005874
Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays
Kearney, A., McKay, A., Hickey, H., Balabanova, S., Marson, A. G., Gamble, C., & Williamson, P. (2014). Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays. BMJ OPEN, 4(9). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005874
2013
Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays
Williamson, P., Gamble, C., Kearney, A., & Hickey, H. (2013). Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays. Trials, 14(Suppl 1), O59. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-s1-o59