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Research type:

 Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) 

Title (lead author) etc:

 Randomised clinical trial, observational study and assessment of cost-effectiveness of the treatment of varicose veins (REACTIV trial)  (Michaels) 196 pages, Volume 10, number 13

DOI

 10.3310/hta10130
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Outputs from this project

  • Michaels, J; Campbell, W; Rigby, K. A new pragmatic classification system for varicose veins. Phlebology (2001);16:29-33.
  • Michaels, JA; Brazier, JE; Campbell, WB; MacIntyre, JB; Palfreyman, SJ; Ratcliffe, J,. Randomised controlled trial comparing surgery with conservative treatment for uncomplicated varicose veins. British Journal of Surgery 2006; 93(2);175-181.
  • Ratcliffe, J; Brazier, JE; Campbell, WB; Palfreyman, S; MacIntyre, JB; Michaels, JA,. Randomised controlled trial comparing surgery with conservative treatment for uncomplicated varicose veins: cost effectiveness analysis. British Journal of Surgery 2006; 93(2);182-186.


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Headline:

 Standard surgical treatment of varicose veins by saphenofemoral ligation, stripping and multiple phlebectomies is found to be a clinically and cost-effective treatment for varicose veins. 

Project ref:

 95/05/06 

Original project title:

 Assessment of cost-effectiveness of the treatment of varicose veins 

Chief Investigator:

 Professor Jonathan Michaels, Professor of Clinical Decision Science, ScHARR, University of Sheffield

Start Date:

 October 1998  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

 May 2006

Cost:

 £476,259 

MeSH* index primary terms:

 VARICOSE-VEINS Q-therapy; SCLEROTHERAPY Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

 REVIEW-LITERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE-STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE-STUDIES; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; VARICOSE-VEINS Q-surgery; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; DECISION-SUPPORT-TECHNIQUES; HEALTH-PRIORITIES; HUMAN; COMPARATIVE-STUDY  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

ISRCTN* number:

ISRCTN 32956054 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) 
URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website:
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN32956054 

NRR* number, if applicable:

 N0484008716 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

 Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

 108 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

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