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Optimising Physiotherapy Treatment for People with Tennis Elbow – Results of the OPTimisE Trial.
The pilot and feasibility trial is nearing completion
We are ahead of schedule!
Getting patient feedback from the trial so far
The details of how the OPTimisE treatment was designed have now been published
Today, the first patient consented to take part
On September 30th 2021, the trial sponsor issued 'green light' letters to the trial sites, meaning that they can now start recruiting patient volunteers. OPTimisE is partnered with three NHS physiotherapy providers: The Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Derby The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham PhysioWorks, Sheffield We now look forward to welcoming our first patient volunteers onto the trial in the near future.
On the September 15th 2021, the final site training visit was held at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. Volunteer physiotherapists at the site were taught how to deliver the OPTimisE treatment package for patients in the trial by the Chief Investigator, Marcus Bateman. This followed similar sessions at The Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Derby, and at PhysioWorks, Sheffield. It means that once the 'green light' has been issued form the trial sponsor, the trial can start recruiting patients!
Every year the UK's specialist shoulder and elbow surgeons and physiotherapists meet at the BESS conference to present new research. This year the conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We presented the process of developing the OPTimisE treatment package and details of what the package includes.
It is a mandatory requirement in the UK for all research trials involving NHS patients to be reviewed by the Health Research Authority and an independent Research Ethics Committee. On the 22nd June 2021, we received approvals from these bodies to go ahead with the trial. We hope to start recruiting our first patients in September 2021!
