Director (CHaRT)
- About
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- Email Address
- g.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438147
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
2nd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am currently Professor of Medical Statistics and the Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHaRT) which is the Clinical Trials Unit embedded within the Health Services Research Unit. My overarching research interest is in designing fair tests of health care treatments and policies, with a specifc interest in evaluating surgical and complex interventions. I'm also interested in improving the design, conduct, and analysis and reporting of clinical trials through the development and application of methodological research to clinical trials from CHaRT.
My undergrad degree is in Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1997. After a year training as a Mathematics teacher I joined the Unit in September 1998 as a statistician. I studied part-time for an MSc in Applied Statistics with Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. In 2008 I was appointed Senior Statistican, and in 2016 was I Interim Programme Director for the Health Care Assessment Programme, until being appointment as CHaRT Director in April 2017.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics1997 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Applied Statistics2004 - Sheffield Hallam University
- Research
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Research Overview
The application of statistical methods to clinical trials. Recent example is JCE paper available here on using instrumental variables in a surgery trial to address non-compliance. Collaborators were Jonathan Cook (Oxford), Tom Palmer (Lancaster), and Richard Emesley (Manchester).
Research on making trials more efficient, collaborating with Trial Forge.
Current Research
A complete list of the CHaRT RCT portolio is available by clicking here
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach on our MPH course module PU5031: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH.
- Publications
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Mesh, graft, or standard repair for women having primary transvaginal anterior or posterior compartment prolapse surgery: two parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials (PROSPECT)
The Lancet, vol. 389, no. 10067, pp. 381–392Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe curious case of an internal pilot in a multicentre randomised trial-time for a rethink?
Pilot & Feasibility Studies, vol. 2, 73Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgical options for the management of anterior and/or posterior vaginal wall prolapse: two randomised controlled trials within a comprehensive cohort study - results from the PROSPECT Study
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 20, no. 95, pp. 1-452Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20950
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8494/1/HTA.pdf
Reporting and dealing with missing quality of life data in RCTs: has the picture changed in the last decade?
Quality of Life Research, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2977-2983Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe eEffectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Surgical Treatments for womEn with stRess urinary incontinence:: an evidence synthesis (ESTER)
Contributions to Journals: Registered ReportsBreast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding: a mixed methods study of acceptability
Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 726-739Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDesign and protocol for the Focusing on Clozapine Unresponsive Symptoms (FOCUS) trial: a randomised controlled trial
BMC Psychiatry, vol. 16, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA protocol for a systematic review of non-randomised evaluations of strategies to improve participant recruitment to randomised controlled trials
Systematic reviews , vol. 5, 131Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAlpha-2 agonists for sedation of mechanically ventilated adults in intensive care units: a systematic review
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 20, no. 25, pp. 0-120Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20250
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5856/1/FullReport_hta20250.pdf
Behavioural recovery after treatment for varicose veins
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 103, no. 4, pp. 374-381Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe ethics of future trials: qualitative analysis of physicians' decision making
Trials, vol. 17, pp. 1-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Veterans With PTSD
JAMA, vol. 315, no. 1, pp. 87-88Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.15170
Kurzdarstellung aktueller publikationen: Begünstigt eine muskelrelaxierende therapie den uretersteinabgang?
Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 38Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Open urethroplasty versus endoscopic urethrotomy - clarifying the management of men with recurrent urethral stricture (the OPEN trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 16, 600Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1120-4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5403/1/s13063_015_1120_4.pdf
Perspectives on financial incentives to health service providers for increasing breastfeeding and smoking quit rates during pregnancy: a mixed methods study
Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 11, no. Supplement S2, pp. 113Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12238
Perspectives on financial incentives to health service providers for increasing breastfeeding and smoking quit rates during pregnancy: a mixed methods study
BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 11, e008492Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUreteric colic and clinical evidence - Authors' reply
The Lancet, vol. 386, no. 10006, pp. 1823Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00764-3
Surgical management for localised penile cancer: [Cochrane Protocol]
Contributions to Journals: Registered ReportsUse of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults: a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis of a calcium channel blocker (nifedipine) and an alpha-blocker (tamsulosin) (the SUSPEND trial)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 63, pp. 1-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19630
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5166/1/FullReport_hta19630.pdf.crdownload
Medical expulsive therapy in adults with ureteric colic: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 386, no. 9991, pp. 341-349Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAblative therapy for people with localised prostate cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 49, pp. 1-524Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of the use of an expertise-based randomised controlled trial design
Trials, vol. 16, 241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0739-5
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4683/1/Cook_2015.pdf
STOPPIT Baby Follow-Up Study: The Effect of Prophylactic Progesterone in Twin Pregnancy on Childhood Outcome
PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 4, e0122341Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122341
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4461/1/PLOS_0122341.pdf
Benefits of incentives for breastfeeding and smoking cessation in pregnancy (BIBS): a mixed methods study to inform trial design
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 30, pp. 1-564Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the Comparison of LAser, Surgery and foam Sclerotherapy (CLASS) randomised controlled trial
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 27, pp. 1-342Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19270
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4430/1/CLASS.pdf
