Dr Rachel Lowe

2024

• Deere, R. et al. 2024. Multi-domain self-management in older people with osteoarthritis and multimorbidities: protocol for the TIPTOE randomised controlled trial. Trials 25, article number: 557. (10.1186/s13063-024-08380-7)
• Busse-Morris, M. et al. 2024. Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with Long Covid: the LISTEN randomised controlled trial. BMJ Medicine

2023

• Gillespie, D. et al. 2023. Gut microbiology of UK care home residents: cross-sectional analysis from a randomised controlled trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 29(11), pp. 1437-1442. (10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.001)
• Potter, C. et al. 2023. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for living with long covid: protocol for the listen randomised controlled trial. Trials 24, article number: 75. (10.1186/s13063-023-07090-w)

2022

• Wason, J. M. S. et al. 2022. Practical guidance for planning resources required to support publicly‑funded adaptive clinical trials. BMC Medicine 20, article number: 254. (10.1186/s12916-022-02445-7)
• Gillespie, D. et al. 2022. Associations with post-consultation health-status in primary care managed acute exacerbation of COPD. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2022(17), pp. 383-394. (10.2147/COPD.S340710)
• Busse, M. et al. 2022. A web-based life-style, exercise and activity intervention for people with progressive multiple sclerosis results of a single-arm feasibility study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 57, article number: 103388. (10.1016/j.msard.2021.103388)

2021

• Wilson, N. et al. 2021. Costs and staffing resource requirements for adaptive clinical trials: quantitative and qualitative results from the Costing Adaptive Trials project. BMC Medicine 19, article number: 251. (10.1186/s12916-021-02124-z)
• Latchem-Hastings, J. et al. 2021. Lifestyle, exercise and activity package for people living with progressive multiple sclerosis (LEAP-MS): protocol for a single-arm feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 7, article number: 111. (10.1186/s40814-021-00852-w)
• Gillespie, D. et al. 2021. Associations with antibiotic prescribing for acute exacerbation of COPD in primary care: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of General Practice 71(705), pp. e266-e272. (10.3399/BJGP.2020.0823)
• Butler, C. C. et al. 2021. Probiotics to reduce antibiotic administration in care home residents aged 65 years and older: the PRINCESS RCT. Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation 8(7) (10.3310/eme08070)
• Lowe, R. et al. 2021. Lifestyle, exercise and activity package for people living with progressive Multiple Sclerosis (LEAP-MS): adaptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and remote delivery for improved efficiency. Trials 22, article number: 286. (10.1186/s13063-021-05245-1)
• Busse, M. et al. 2021. A web-based physical activity intervention for people with progressive Multiple Sclerosis: application of consensus-based intervention development guidance. BMJ Open 11(3), article number: e045378. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045378)
• Castro-Herrera, V. M. et al. 2021. Combination of the probiotics Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, BB-12 has limited effect on biomarkers of immunity and inflammation in older people resident in care homes: results from the Probiotics to Reduce Infections iN CarE home reSidentS Randomized, Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Immunology 12, article number: 643321. (10.3389/fimmu.2021.643321)
• M.Castro-Herrera, V. et al. 2021. Relationship between age, frailty, length of care home residence and biomarkers of immunity and inflammation in older care residents in the UK. Frontiers in Aging 2, article number: 599084. (10.3389/fragi.2021.599084)

2020

• Phillips, R. et al. 2020. C-Reactive Protein-guided antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations: a qualitative evaluation. British Journal of General Practice 70(696), pp. e505-e523. (10.3399/bjgp20X709865)
• Butler, C. C. et al. 2020. Effect of probiotic use on antibiotic administration among care home residents: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 324(1), pp. 47 - 56. (10.1001/jama.2020.8556)
• Yhnell, E. et al. 2020. A randomised feasibility study of computerised cognitive training as a therapeutic intervention for people with Huntington's disease (CogTrainHD). Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6, article number: 88. (10.1186/s40814-020-00623-z)
• Francis, N. A. et al. 2020. C-reactive protein point-of-care testing for safely reducing antibiotics for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the PACE RCT. Health Technology Assessment 24, article number: 15. (10.3310/hta24150)

2019

• Butler, C. C. et al. 2019. C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations. New England Journal of Medicine 381, pp. 111-120. (10.1056/NEJMoa1803185)
• Owen-Jones, E. et al. 2019. Protocol for a double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics in reducing antibiotics for infection in care home residents: the Probiotics to Reduce Infections iN CarE home reSidentS (PRINCESS) trial. BMJ Open 9(6), article number: e027513. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027513)

2017

• Bates, J. et al. 2017. General practitioner use of a C-reactive protein point-of-care test to help target antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 18, article number: 422. (10.1186/s13063-017-2144-8)