Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
General practitioners' referral for radiographic examination
Intervention
1. Received guidelines
2. No guidelines
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/1992
Overall trial end date
30/04/1993
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Added as of 23/05/2008: 62 practices (170 general practitioners)
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/04/1992
Recruitment end date
30/04/1993
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
London
SW17 0RE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8204331
Publication citations
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Results
Oakeshott P, Kerry SM, Williams JE, Randomized controlled trial of the effect of the Royal College of Radiologists' guidelines on general practitioners' referrals for radiographic examination., Br J Gen Pract, 1994, 44, 382, 197-200.