The Centre is committed to the dissemination of research findings in the NHS in Scotland and beyond, in line with its remit to 'work for the implementation of proven changes in clinical activities'.
A variety of methods have been used to promote this. Active dissemination is pursued through presentations at conferences and publications in scientific journals and books.
Recent Publications
Abdel-Fattah, M, Chapple, C, Cooper, D, Breeman, S, Bell-Gorrod, H, Kuppanda, P, Guerrero, K, Dixon, S, Cotterill, N, Ward, K, Hashim, H, Monga, A, Brown, K, Drake, M, Gammie, A, Mostafa, A, Bruce, R, Bell, V, Kennedy, C, Evans, S, MacLennan, G, and Norrie, J. Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms (FUTURE) in the UK: a multicentre, superiority, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2025;[Online first]
Atter, M, Stoddart, A, Cotton, S, Vadiveloo, T, Innes, K, Balfour, A, Arnott, R, Aucott, L, Batham, Z, Foo, I, MacLennan, G, Nimmo, S, Speake, D, Norrie, J, and Paterson, H. Intravenous lidocaine for gut function recovery in colonic surgery: a health economic evaluation of the ALLEGRO randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open 2025;15(2):e088298.
Bulmer, C, and Avenell, A. The effect of dietary weight-loss interventions on the inflammatory markers interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha in adults with obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. Obes Rev 2025:e13910.
Coffey, T, Young, N, and Gillies, K. A scoping review of how behavioural theories, models and frameworks have been applied to the design, conduct, analysis or reporting of clinical trials. Trials 2025;26(1):104.
Hudson, J, Imamura, M, Robertson, C, Whibley, D, Aucott, L, Gillies, K, Manson, P, Dulake, D, Abhishek, A, Tang, NKY, Macfarlane, GJ, and Brazzelli, M. Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2025. [Online first]
Kahan, BC, Juszczak, E, Beller, E, Birchenall, M, Chan, AW, Hall, S, Little, P, Fletcher, J, Golub, RM, Goulao, B, Hopewell, S, Islam, N, Zwarenstein, M, Elbourne, D, and Montgomery, A. Guidance for protocol content and reporting of factorial randomised trials: explanation and elaboration of the CONSORT 2010 and SPIRIT 2013 extensions. BMJ 2025;388:e080785.
Kumar, S, Cruickshank, M, Ayansina, D, Shaukat, AA, Manson, P, Brazzelli, M, and Scotland, G. Tislelizumab for treating unresectable advanced oesophageal squamous cell cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy [ID4070]. Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA programme. University of Aberdeen: Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation; 2025
Latham, HA, Maclaren, AS, De Kock, JH, Locock, L, Murchie, P, and Skea, Z. Exploring rural Scottish GPs' migration decisions: a secondary qualitative analysis considering burnout. Br J Gen Pract 2025.
Maclaren, A, Locock, L, Skea, Z, Angell, L, Cleland, J, Dawson, T, Denison, A, Dobson, C, Hollick, R, Murchie, P, Skåtun, D, and Watson, V. 'Come and work here!' a qualitative exploration of local community-led initiatives to recruit and retain health care staff in remote and rural areas of the UK. J Health Serv Res Policy 2025:13558196251318607.
MacLennan, S, Wiseman, O, Smith, D, Starr, K, Aucott, L, Hernández, R, Manson, P, Thomas, R, Clark, CT, MacLennan, G, McRae, D, Bell, V, Cotton, S, Gall, Z, Turney, B, and McClinton, S. Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Flexible Ureterorenoscopy, and Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Lower Pole Renal Stones. Eur Urol 2025.
Macleod, AD, Bolland, MJ, Balfour, A, Grey, A, Newmark, J, and Avenell, A. Biochemical osteomalacia in adults undergoing vitamin D testing in the North-East of Scotland. Ann Clin Biochem 2025:45632251315671.
Mohamed, S, Avenell, A, Douglas, F, and Keen, A. Investigating health professionals' perspectives and experiences of food security-related conversations in diabetes care. Diabet Med 2025;42(3):e15470.
Paterson, H, Vadiveloo, T, Innes, K, Balfour, A, Atter, M, Stoddart, A, Cotton, S, Arnott, R, Aucott, L, Batham, Z, Foo, I, MacLennan, G, Nimmo, S, Speake, D, and Norrie, J. Intravenous Lidocaine for Gut Function Recovery in Colonic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2025;333(1):39-48.
Tripathee, S, Treweek, S, Van Hemelrijck, M, Ross, P, Watson, V, MacLennan, G, Guntupalli, A, Adams, J, Majmudar, B, Murchie, P, Bekheit, M, MacLennan, S, and null, n. ICANEQUAL multi-stakeholder partnership: Reducing inequalities in liver cancer (HCC) diagnosis, treatment and care across the UK [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Research 2025;5(5).
You, F, Coffey, T, Powell, D, Williamson, PR, and Gillies, K. Carbon emissions associated with clinical trials: A scoping review. J Clin Epidemiol 2025:111733