Clinical and cost-effectiveness of Knee Arthroplasty versus Joint Distraction for Osteoarthritis (KARDS): protocol for a multicentre, phase III, randomised control trial

• Deborah D Stocken,
• Dennis G McGonagle,
• David Murray,
• Catherine Reynolds,
• Catherine Fernandez,
• David R Ellard,
• Andrew Metcalfe,
• Hemant Sharma,
• Paul Harwood,
• Hamish Simpson,
• Hemant Pandit,
• Susanne Arnold,
• Cerys Joyce Tassinari,
• Ruchi Higham,
• Isabelle Louise Smith,
• Ruben Mujica-Mota,
• Thomas William Hamilton,
• Julie Croft

Affiliations

Deborah D Stocken

Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Dennis G McGonagle

8 Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds & The NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK

David Murray

Histopathology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland

Catherine Reynolds

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Catherine Fernandez

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

David R Ellard

Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, West Midlands, UK

Andrew Metcalfe

Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK

Hemant Sharma

Trauma and Orthopedics, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK

Paul Harwood

University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Hamish Simpson

Consultant

Hemant Pandit

7 Orthopaedic Surgery, Chapel Allerton Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Susanne Arnold

AGILE, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, London, UK

Cerys Joyce Tassinari

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Ruchi Higham

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Isabelle Louise Smith

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Ruben Mujica-Mota

Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Thomas William Hamilton

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK

Julie Croft

Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK