Outstanding Recruitment for Belfast Trust Orthopaedic Trials

June 17, 2024

Pictured: Professor Jonathan Jackson, Ms Sharon Marks, Dr Daryl McAuley and Dr Owen Diamond.

Congratulations to Belfast Trust based Orthopaedics Research coordinator Ms Sharon Marks who has been recruiting well to both the DUALITY and LIT studies.

Both studies falls under the WHITE Platform: World Hip Trauma Evaluation (WHiTE) – a framework for clinical trials for fragility hip fracture in those aged 60 and over.

WHITE PLATFORM 12: DUALITY: Dual mobility (DM) versus standard articulation total hip replacement (THR) in the treatment of older adults with a hip fracture. Aims to find out what the clinical and cost effectiveness of dual mobility versus standard articulation total hip replacement in the treatment of adults aged 65 years and over with an acute, displaced intracapsular hip fracture. Find our more here.

Dr Owen Diamond is the PI for DUALITY. The study recruited 26 patients. The RVH site got a special mention in the WHiTE PLATFORM Newsletter for May 2024 for being the second highest recruiter for the study. Second only to the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

WHiTE10 – LIT: Lidocaine Intravenous Trial (LIT). Aims to investigate the use of a drug called ‘lidocaine’ to see if it reduce. s the risk of delirium during surgery for a hip fracture. Find our more here.

Dr Ciara O’Donnell is the PI for LIT. The study recruited 30 patients. The RVH site got another special mention in the WHiTE PLATFORM Newsletter for May 2024 for being the fifth highest recruiter for the study.

Amazing recruitment for a national trial and an outstanding achievement for the entire research team; coordinator Ms Sharon Marks; PI’s Dr Owen Diamond; Dr Ciara O’Donnell and sub PI’s Daryl McCauley; Krishanu Dey; Ethan Toner; Chris Madden -McKee.