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Mike Clarke is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Mike Clarke has contributed extensively to scholarly literature, including the following recent papers:

  • A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Implementing the 27 PRISMA 2020 Statement items for systematic reviews in the sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports science fields: the PERSiST (implementing Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science) guidance, 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Trastuzumab for early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 13,864 women in seven randomised trials, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Efficacy of direct pulp capping for management of cariously exposed pulps in permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, International Endodontic Journal
  • Resilience, burnout and coping mechanisms in UK doctors: a cross-sectional study, 2020, BMJ Open

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Trials
  • BMJ Open
  • F1000Research
  • International Endodontic Journal

Among their frequent collaborators are Clíona McDowell, Daniel F. McAuley, Paula Williamson, Henry F. Duncan, and Ikhlas El Karim.

Mike Clarke has also authored books published by I.B.Tauris eBooks, including Tipping Point (2020) and Britain's Persuaders (2021).

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G. Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

    David Moher;Larissa Shamseer;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    D Moher;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G Altman

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation.

    Larissa Shamseer;David Moher;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and ElaborationPRISMA: Explanation and Elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G. Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY .1. PREVENTION OF DEATH, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, AND STROKE BY PROLONGED ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS

    R Altman;L Carreras;R Diaz;E Figueroa

  • Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomised trials

    M Clarke;R Collins;C Davies

  • Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.

    M Clarke;R Collins;S Darby;C Davies

  • Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in 17 randomised trials

    S Darby;P McGale;C Correa

  • International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) of neurosurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in 2143 patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a randomized trial.

    Andrew Molyneux;Richard Kerr;Irene Stratton

  • Relevance of breast cancer hormone receptors and other factors to the efficacy of adjuvant tamoxifen: patient-level meta-analysis of randomised trials

    C Davies;J Godwin;Richard Gray

  • International subarachnoid aneurysm trial (ISAT) of neurosurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in 2143 patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a randomised comparison of effects on survival, dependency, seizures, rebleeding, subgroups, and aneurysm occlusion

    Andrew J Molyneux;Richard S C Kerr;Ly-Mee Yu;Mike Clarke

  • Polychemotherapy for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials

    M Clarke;R Collins;C Davies

  • Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: systematic review

    Phil Edwards;Ian Roberts;Mike Clarke;Carolyn DiGuiseppi

  • Long-term effects of continuing adjuvant tamoxifen to 10 years versus stopping at 5 years after diagnosis of oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: ATLAS, a randomised trial

    Christina Davies;Hongchao Pan;Jon Godwin;Richard Gray

  • Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires

    Philip James Edwards;Ian Roberts;Mike J Clarke;Carolyn DiGuiseppi

  • Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100,000 women in 123 randomised trials.

    R Peto;C Davies;J Godwin

  • Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data: The PRISMA-IPD Statement

    Lesley A. Stewart;Mike Clarke;Maroeska M. Rovers;Richard D Riley

  • Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Jörg Ederle;Joanna Dobson;Joanna Dobson;Roland L. Featherstone;Leo H. Bonati;Leo H. Bonati

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula R Williamson
Paula R Williamson University of Liverpool
Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Jane M Blazeby
Jane M Blazeby University of Bristol
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Richard Gray
Richard Gray University of Oxford
Sally Hopewell
Sally Hopewell University of Oxford
David Moher
David Moher Ottawa Hospital
Daniel F. McAuley
Daniel F. McAuley Queen's University Belfast
Iain Chalmers
Iain Chalmers University of Oxford
Mary Frances McMullin
Mary Frances McMullin Queen's University Belfast

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