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James Mason

Job Title
Professor
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Phone
02476 575288
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Research Interests

James is a (retired) Emeritus Professor in Health Economics . He is ex-director of the Centre for Health Economics at Warwick Medical School (CHEW) and an ex-Associate Director within Warwick Clinical Trials Unit (WCTU). He continues supporting colleagues and projects. He work has included the economic analysis of clinical trials, epidemiological designs and statistical analyses.

Research interests have included methods for analysis within clinical trials, economic models, cost-effectiveness of implementation, trial design, systematic review, epidemiological enquiry and evidence-based medicine. Particular areas of experience include gastrointestinal, orthopedic and dermatological conditions.

He has previously served on the NIHR HS&DR Funding Committee, the HTA themed commissioning panel and Programme Grants sub-panel, as well as being a member of SaBTO (the government Advisory Committee for Safety in Blood Tissues and Organs) and as a methodologist on the National Joint Registry (NJR) Research Committee.

Title Funder Award start Award end
Second Stage NIHR HTA application: Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial for Hips (RACER-HIP): Outline IDEATE 65472. Main Trial: 67372. 2&5Y FU: IDEATE 67377. 10Y FU: IDEATE 67377 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Oct 2021 30 Sept 2033
Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial. (RACER) - NIHR HTA (second stage via UHCW NHS trust) RACCER (outline record 60354) Main Trial = 62365 (4yrs), Follow-on yrs 5-9 = 62408, and Follow-on yrs 10-13 = 62409 National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2020 31 Mar 2033
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Personalised therapy or OpeRative Treatment? (REPPORT) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2027
Stage 2 NIHR HTA Commissioned call 19/124 Effectiveness of meniscal allograft transplantation: METEOR2 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2022 30 Nov 2027
NIHR HTA via M.Costa - Oxford Univ (negotiation phase after Full proposal put forward for funding): Treatment of children with medial epicondyle fractures - SCIENCE - Surgery or Cast for Injuries of the EpicoNdyle in Children's Elbows. A multi-centre prospective randomized superiority trial of operative fixation versus non-operative treatment for medial epicondyle fractures of the humerus. National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Oct 2018 31 Aug 2027
TAR 3 - Production of Technology Assessment Reviews (TAR) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Apr 2022 31 Mar 2027
Costed Extension linked to IDEATE 60396:CRAFFT- Children's Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial. A multi-centre prospective randomised non-inferiority trial of surgical reduction versus non-surgical casting for displaced distal radius fractures in children National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Dec 2019 31 Mar 2027
Sugammadex for preventIoN oF pOst-operative pulmoNary complIcAtions (SINFONIA) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2022 01 Nov 2026
NIHR RfPB stage 2: Optimising recovery following cardiac arrest: the Cardiac Arrest Recovery Enablement and Self-management Support (CARESS) Study National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Nov 2023 02 May 2026
NIHR HTA Trail: Hypertonic Saline versus Mannitol Hyperosmolar therapy in traumatic brain injury - Lead Trust HEFT National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2019 28 Feb 2026
NIHR HTA Stage 2: AIRWAYS 3 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2022 31 Dec 2025
NIHR131430: Spinal Immobilisation Study (SIS) lead by Imperial College London National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 May 2022 31 Oct 2025
NIHR HTA Second Stage via Oxford University: CRAFFT ? Children's Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial. A multi-centre prospective randomized trial of surgical reduction versus non-surgical casting for displaced distal radius fractures in children. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Dec 2019 31 Jul 2025
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Pre-hospitAl Randomised triAl of MEDICation route in out-of-hosital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC3) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 May 2021 30 Apr 2025
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Volatile vs Total intravenous Anaesthesia for major non-cardiac surgery ? a randomised controlled triaL (VITAL) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Nov 2020 30 Apr 2025
NIHR HS&DR Stage 2: Adapting Breast Cancer Screening to MAximise Mortality Benefit and Minimise Overdiagnosis harm (Adapt-MAMMO) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2021 31 Dec 2024
NIHR HTA Led By Oxford_Variation to Collaboration agreement_SCIENCE-Linked to Original award on IDEATE 58214 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Nov 2021 31 May 2024
VTC #2 e-PAMS ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship Leading Proposal record 59763 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 02 Oct 2023 01 Feb 2024
Developing and investigating the acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a complex, sociotechnical hospital ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Feb 2019 31 Jan 2024
NIHR HTA via Oxford: Second Stage: HUSH National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2020 31 Oct 2023
NIHR HTA Costed Extension: ARTISAN 12 Months costed extension National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Dec 2021 30 Nov 2022
NIHR HTA:COVID-19 recovery and learning_Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Sept 2020 31 Aug 2022
NIHR HTA Second Stage: Exercise training in pulmonary hypertension National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2019 31 Aug 2022
NIHR HTA Lead by University of Oxford-FAME Linked to IDEATE 59893-Novation agreement to refelct transfer of Prof R. Kearny to University of Bristiol National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 May 2019 30 Jun 2022
UK study of ankle fracture rehabilitation ? multicentre randomised controlled trial. NIHR CDF Fellowship. National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2017 30 Jun 2022
A Randomised, Efficient, Adaptive Clinical Trial in Surgery: Assessment of a Biodegradeable Spacer for Tears of the RotAtor Cuff Tendons (STARTS:REACTS) National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2018 31 Jan 2022
ARTISAN National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2018 30 Nov 2021
NIHR HTA via Dan Perry - Oxford Univ (negotiation phase after Full proposal put forward for funding): FORCE National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jul 2018 31 Dec 2020
NIHR RfPB Second Stage: Multicentre feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of intra operative cell salvage versus conventional care in patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2019 30 Sept 2020
CAPACITY National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Oct 2015 30 Jun 2020
DIAMOND Lewy National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Oct 2015 30 Sept 2018
MAVRIC National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Oct 2015 31 May 2018
Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruption crises (HIVE) (Durham PI) Save the Children Fund 01 Nov 2015 31 Oct 2017