TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research Sep 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2026
The death rate is higher in Yorkshire than the rest of England resulting in about 200 extra deaths each year of which more than half are in Hull. There are other significant cancer outcome inequalities between different groups; for example poorer pe... Read More about TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research.

PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2023
More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. Our aim is to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer by [1] getting people to see their doctor if they get lung symptoms and [2] getting GPs to refe... Read More about PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL.

ImproveCare: The management of clinical uncertainty in end of life care � a feasibility cluster RCT Feb 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018

RDSI: A randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of a self-management intervention for the respiratory distress symptom cluster (breathlessness-cough-fatigue) in lung cancer Jan 1, 2017 - May 31, 2019

FRAIL-HEART: Assessment of Frailty in Elderly People with Ischemic Heart Disease being considered for Revascularisation: An Observational study Apr 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020

REDUCE: REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice programme Oct 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2023

Bringing breathlessness into view May 1, 2017 - Aug 31, 2017
People living with breathlessness find their experience hard to describe, so hide it from others. This workshop brings together local people with breathlessness and a Hull-based artist to create the ideas for a public photographic exhibition showing... Read More about Bringing breathlessness into view.

BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE Apr 1, 2019 - Oct 31, 2021
A feasibility study to address this RQ:
Does a paramedic-administered short non-pharmacological complex breathlessness intervention improve breathlessness and reduce conveyance to ED for people with breathlessness crisis compared with usual pr... Read More about BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE.

C-Change: Delivering quality and cost-effective care across the range of complexity for those with advanced conditions in the last year of life Feb 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018

RESOLVE: Improving Health Status and Experience of Pain and other Symptoms for People with Advanced Cancer Jun 1, 2018 - Jan 28, 2024

PrepareME: The Prepare Multi-Morbid Older People for End-stage Kidney Disease Trial Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2021

CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2016 - Jan 30, 2019
People with cancer need good access to palliative care to relieve distressing symptoms, but some get better access than others. Developed in Australia, the Needs Assessment Tool - Progressive Disease Cancer (NAT:PD-C) is a tested, "everyday practice"... Read More about CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire.

CS-Y Studies: Understanding and reducing inequalities for people with cancer: A programme of work based in Yorkshire Aug 1, 2013 - Sep 30, 2017

BreatheMOR: Morphine for the relief of breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure Oct 1, 2013 - Feb 28, 2019
Opioids have been used for centuries to relieve pain and other symptoms. A meta-analysis in 2002 of eight randomised controlled trials (RCTs) showed that opioids had a clinically relevant beneficial effect on dyspnoea in people with mainly chronic ob... Read More about BreatheMOR: Morphine for the relief of breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure.

NAT ILD: The adaption and validation of an assessment tool to identify the palliative care needs of people with irreversible idiopathic interstitial lung disease for use in every day clinical practice Jun 1, 2014 - Oct 31, 2016
To adapt and validate a needs assessment tool that is fit for purpose in every day clinical practice with regard to the identification of supportive and palliative needs of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and triage those requiring r... Read More about NAT ILD: The adaption and validation of an assessment tool to identify the palliative care needs of people with irreversible idiopathic interstitial lung disease for use in every day clinical practice.

HIDDEN: Hospice Inpatient Deep vein thrombosis detection study May 27, 2016 - Dec 31, 2019

BETTER B: BETter TreatmEnts for Refractory Breathlessness Oct 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2018
Breathlessness is a common, distressing, symptom in advanced disease, causing considerable disability for patients,1, 2 and anxiety and social isolation for them and their family and carers.3-5 Breathlessness (also called dyspnea or dyspnoea) is usua... Read More about BETTER B: BETter TreatmEnts for Refractory Breathlessness.

Caring together evaluation project Dec 1, 2014 - Aug 1, 2016

MABEL: A Parallel Group, Double-blind, Randomised Placebo-controlled Trial Comparing The Efficacy And Cost effectiveness Mar 1, 2019 - Feb 29, 2024
A parallel group, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial comparing the efficacy and cost effectiveness of low dose oral modified release morphine (MRM) versus placebo on the intensity of breathlessness and daily activity in people with c... Read More about MABEL: A Parallel Group, Double-blind, Randomised Placebo-controlled Trial Comparing The Efficacy And Cost effectiveness.

APPEAL: Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation Programme Nov 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2022
Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation (APPEAL) brings together a programme of research to prevent poor health linked to pregnancy and childbirth-related urinary incontinence. The aim of APPEALis to increase the number of wom... Read More about APPEAL: Antenatal Prophylactic Pelvic floor Exercises And Localisation Programme.