Hormone patches are as effective as injections for treating non-metastatic prostate cancer
Evidence from the PATCH and STAMPEDE trial networks broadens treatment options for people with prostate cancer who are starting long-term hormone therapy.
26 Mar
Advanced imaging tools could help detect tuberculosis earlier
New findings from UCL and University of Cape Town show that PET-CT scans and AI-read X-Rays can detect evidence of TB in the lungs as much as 5 years before final diagnosis.
24 Mar
Severely malnourished children can safely take standard oral rehydration
These results from the GASTROSAM trial could lead to a review of the existing treatment rehydration guidelines for children who are suffering severe acute malnutrition.
11 Mar
Two medicines are as good as current three-medicine combinations to treat children living with HIV
Results from the D3 (Penta 21) trial presented at CROI show that using dolutegravir and lamivudine is safe and as effective as using a combination of three HIV medicines, to keep the virus under control.
25 Feb
Cancer
Innovative clinical trial design and meta-analysis extending beyond the boundaries of single cancer types
Infections
Major international clinical trials answering questions of global public health significance
Neurodegenerative diseases
New generation of innovative multi-arm multi-stage trials to identify and test new therapeutic treatments in neurodegenerative diseases (NDD)
Methodology
Development of methods with direct impact on the design, conduct and analysis of studies
Other Research & Policy
This section will capture projects outside the current QQR themes