Investigating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of FITNET-NHS (Fatigue In Teenagers on the interNET in the NHS) compared to activity management to treat paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME): amendment to the published protocol.
Emma C AndersonDaisy GauntChris MetcalfeManmita RaiWilliam HollingworthNicola MillsLucy BeasantRoxanne ParslowDavid KesslerJohn MacleodPaul StallardHans KnoopElise Van de PutteSanne NijhofGijs BleijenbergEsther CrawleyPublished in: Trials (2019)
The FITNET-NHS Trial is a UK, national, trial investigating whether an online cognitive behavioural therapy program (FITNET-NHS) for treating chronic fatigue syndrome/ME in adolescents is clinically effective and cost-effective in the NHS. At the time of writing (September 2019), the trial was recruiting participants. This article presents an update to the planned sample size and data collection duration previously published within the trial protocol. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN, ID: 18020851. Registered 8 April 2016.
Keyphrases
- study protocol
- phase iii
- patient safety
- phase ii
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- systematic review
- intensive care unit
- sleep quality
- young adults
- stem cells
- healthcare
- physical activity
- mesenchymal stem cells
- machine learning
- depressive symptoms
- bone marrow
- meta analyses
- double blind