Tag Archives: PACE trial
MRC supports the PACE trial & promotes data sharing
MRC supports the PACE trial & promotes data sharing On 27th August 2018 the Medical Research Council (MRC) responded to the online article in the Times, which reported the call for a review of the PACE trial. The following day … Continue reading
The Times: Call for review of ‘flawed’ ME research in Lancet letter
Times online article, by Tom Whipple, 21 August 2018: Call for review of ‘flawed’ ME research in Lancet letter More than a hundred academics have joined ten MPs and scores of patient groups from around the world to sign an … Continue reading
Lancet continues to ignore request to reassess the reported PACE findings
Virology Blog post, 13 August, 2018: Trial By Error: Open Letter to The Lancet, version 3.0, by David Tuller, DrPH Two months ago, Professor Racaniello sent Lancet editor Richard Horton an open letter about the indisputable methodological and ethical failings of the PACE trial. This … Continue reading
Checking our blind spots: current status of research evidence summaries in ME/CFS
Checking our blind spots: current status of research evidence summaries in ME/CFS, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, J Mark VanNess, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell in British Journal of Sports Medicine, July 2018 Editorial: The evidence-based practice (EBP) … Continue reading
PACE trial: yet another appeal to the Lancet, with more on board
Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board, by David Tuller, DrPH, in Virology blog, 10 July 2018 Last month, Professor Racaniello sent Lancet editor Richard Horton an open letter about the PACE trial signed … Continue reading
PACE Trial Committee & Team Minutes available online
PACE trial minutes John Peters from Swansea requested the minutes of meetings of the Trial Steering Committee and Trial Management Group of the PACE trial. Queen Mary University of London refused on the grounds that it would be ‘prejudicial to … Continue reading
Rethinking the treatment of CFS – a reanalysis of the PACE trial
Research abstract: Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT by Carolyn E. Wilshire, Tom Kindlon, Robert Courtney, Alem Matthees, David Tuller, Keith Geraghty and Bruce … Continue reading
PACE Trial reanalysis in the news – Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’
Times article, by Tom Whipple, Science Editor, 22 March 2018: Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’ [register for free to read 2 articles a week] Scientists have questioned the robustness of a study that recommended exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy … Continue reading
PACE debate in House of Commons – video & transcript available
House of Commons ME/CFS PACE Trial debate 20 February 2018 Glasgow MP Carol Monaghan led a debate about the effect of the controversial flawed PACE Trial upon those living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) in the UK and worldwide. Official transcript … Continue reading
An analysis of Dutch studies confirms CBT with a GA protocol is not effective for CFS & ME
Research abstract: An analysis of Dutch hallmark studies confirms the outcome of the PACE trial: cognitive behaviour therapy with a graded activity protocol is not effective for chronic fatigue syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by FNM. Twisk and LAMM Corsius in General … Continue reading