PETS Trial @PetsTrial
Examining the benefit of graduated compression stockings in the Prevention of vEnous Thromboembolism in low-risk Surgical patients NIHR133776 - Cluster RCT imperial.ac.uk/department-sur… @imperialcollege Joined March 2022-
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Are you a healthcare professional based at a hospital that recruited to the PETS trial? Please complete a short questionnaire exploring your experience of the trial and attitudes toward VTE prevention in surgical patients: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6V…
The PETS trial has closed after 11,000 out of 22,000 were recruited - review shows the question as to the benefit of stockings in low risk surgical pts has been answered. Now for further analysis & then publication in 2025. Congratulations to those recruiting & recruited !
Are you a practicing surgeon? We want to hear from you! 💬 We are designing a study investigating differences in VTE prophylaxis prescribing in surgical patients across different specialities. Please fill out this survey (est. 5-10 minutes): imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b4…
What an incredible achievement. Hat off to one of the world's greatest research teams.
What an incredible achievement. Hat off to one of the world's greatest research teams.
Congratulations to @apboddy and team from @Leic_hospital for being the top recruiter in October, recruiting 41 participants - thank you team! #PETStrial #NIHR #VTE
Over 11,000 participants have been recruited to date - thank you to all 58 recruiting sites! #PETStrial #NIHR #VTE
Well done to Dr Patrick Thorburn and team from @UHSussex for being the top recruiter in September recruiting 51 participants! #PETStrial #NIHR
Are you a health professional involved in completing VTE risk assessments or prescribing thromboprophylaxis? Complete the short survey from Imperial College London exploring attitudes toward VTE Clinical Practice Guidelines: tinyurl.com/VTEstudy
Happy Friday! @PetsTrial has recruited 10000 to date! Thank you to all 58 recruiting sites! #PETStrial #NIHR
Welcome on board to the teams @UHSussex and @UHD_NHS, we now have 58 sites! #PETStrial #NIHR
Delighted to announce that @PetsTrial has recruited over 9000 participants to date! Well done and thank you to all 56 recruiting sites!
Are you a health professional involved in completing VTE risk assessments? Complete the short survey from Imperial College London exploring attitudes and behaviours towards the VTE risk assessment. Collaborative authorship is available: bit.ly/VTERA
Congrats Caitlin, Maura, Laina and team!
Well done to our Core Research team for recruiting 200 participants to the PETS study so far! @CRN_WMid @nhsswft @PetsTrial
Welcome on board Mr Liao and Team from James Paget @JamesPagetNHS - our 56th site!
Welcome to Fiona Brown and team from NHS Ayrshire and Arran - our 55th site! @NHSaaa
We are delighted to welcome Mr Ahrens and Team from Cleveland Clinic London on board - our 54th site! We look forward to working with you @ClevelandClinic
Help! VTE Risk Assessment – Clinician Attitudes and Behaviours. A survey seeking those involved in VTE risk assessment in day-case/short-stay surgical patients/ psychiatric inpatients. Your help completing the short survey would be appreciated: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_en…
Well done to our Core Research Team! @CRN_WMid @nhsswft @PetsTrial

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