Study Publications
This manual of operations has been written as a handbook for investigating centres registered with the VPDT Cohort Study. It includes protocols/instructions for: standardised methods for undertaking visual assessments, undertaking fundus photography and angiography, angiographic definitions, angiogram submission, eligibility criteria for treatment based on NICE guidance, guidelines for assessments at follow-up and re-treatment decision-making, treatment delivery. This is most up-to-date version.
Technology Appraisal 68, September 2003. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the use of photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration.
Prepared by Dr Daphne Austin, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, West Midlands Specialised Services Agency and Professor Usha Chakravarthy, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Hospitals, Belfast, these guidelines contain details about the DH Guidance relating to NICE Guidance on the use of PDT for AMD, Business Case for the Reading Centres Service, Reading Centre Costs, LSCGs' share of Reading Centre Costs, Model Commissioning Policy for PDT, Sample Service Standards for PDT.
From the Workshop for Commissioniers on Photodynamic Therapy and the Implementation of the NICE Guidance Version 2 December 2003
By Keith Tomlin. This guide is provided for those centres currently using the LSHTM database. It is intended to answers questions surrounding database usage, including topics such as data entry, field definitions and the data transmission process.
