Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation / Implantation Versus Existing treatments
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ACTIVE PEOPLE
Chief Investigator
Professor James Richardson, Consultant in Orthopaedics, Keele University, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Trial Manager
Dr Heather Smith, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Co-investigators
Professor Richard Gray, University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit.
Professor Marilyn James, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores Univerisity.
Professor George Bentley, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
Principal Investigators
ACTIVE surgeons
Trial Steering Committee
Professor Neil Rushton, Orthopaedic Research Unit, Cambridge.
Professor Damian Griffin, University of Warwick.
Dr Martin Landray, Clinical Trials Service Unit, Oxford.
Professor James Richardson, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Professor Richard Gray, University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit.
Professor George Bentley, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
Professor Marilyn James, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores Univerisity.
Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee
Professor Hamish Simpson, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Paresh Jobanputra, Department of Rheumatology, University of Birmingham.
Dr Emma Hall, Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit, Surrey.
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ACTIVE is being carried out by the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital NHS Trust in collaboration with the University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit and Health Economics Facility. The trial is funded by the Medical Research Council and administrated by Keele University.