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Peter Sandercock is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and focuses their research efforts primarily within the field of Medicine, with a notable sub-specialization in Neurology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Nephrology.

Their research topics cover a range of neurological and cardiovascular conditions, emphasizing Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, as well as COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Peter Sandercock has authored multiple papers, with several recent notable publications including:

  • Second asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST-2): a randomised comparison of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy, 2021, The Lancet
  • Design, recruitment, and baseline characteristics of the EMPA-KIDNEY trial, 2022, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Colchicine for prevention of vascular inflammation in Non-CardioEmbolic stroke (CONVINCE) - study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, 2021, European Stroke Journal
  • Long-term Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment With Catechol-O-Methyltransferase or Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors Compared With Dopamine Agonists Among Patients With Parkinson Disease Uncontrolled by Levodopa Therapy, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Understanding the neuroprotective effect of tranexamic acid: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-3 randomised trial, 2020, Critical Care

Their frequent co-authors include Emily Sammons, Colin Baigent, Jonathan Emberson, Louise Bowman, and Jane Armitage.

Peter Sandercock's research has been published predominantly in journals such as the International Journal of Stroke, European Stroke Journal, JAMA Neurology, Stroke, and Ophthalmology.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction

    J Bamford;P Sandercock;M Dennis;J Burn

  • Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack

    S. MacMahon;B. Neal;C. Tzourio;A. Rodgers

  • Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health

    Michelle Campbell;Ray Fitzpatrick;Andrew Haines;Ann Louise Kinmonth

  • 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

  • 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

  • Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

    Jonathan Emberson;Kennedy R Lees;Patrick Lyden;Lisa Blackwell

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • The International Stroke Trial (IST): A randomised trial of aspirin, subcutaneous heparin, both, or neither among 19 435 patients with acute ischaemic stroke

    P Sandercock;R Collins;C Counsell;B Farrell

  • The benefits and harms of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 6 h of acute ischaemic stroke (the third international stroke trial [IST-3]): a randomised controlled trial

    Peter Sandercock;Joanna M Wardlaw;Richard I Lindley

  • Effect of intravenous corticosteroids on death within 14 days in 10008 adults with clinically significant head injury (MRC CRASH trial): randomised placebo-controlled trial.

    Ian Roberts;David Yates;Peter Sandercock;Barbara Farrell

  • Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischaemic stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Veronica Murray;Eivind Berge;Gregory J. del Zoppo

  • Stroke in China: advances and challenges in epidemiology, prevention, and management

    S Wu;B Wu;M Liu;Z Chen

  • A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project--1981-86. 2. Incidence, case fatality rates and overall outcome at one year of cerebral infarction, primary intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage.

    J Bamford;P Sandercock;M Dennis;J Burn

  • Blood Pressure and Clinical Outcomes in the International Stroke Trial

    Jo Leonardi-Bee;Philip M.W. Bath;Stephen J. Phillips;Peter A.G. Sandercock

  • Final results of MRC CRASH, a randomised placebo-controlled trial of intravenous corticosteroid in adults with head injury-outcomes at 6 months.

    Phil Edwards;Miguel Arango;Laura Balica;Rowland Cottingham

  • Interobserver agreement for the assessment of handicap in stroke patients.

    J M Bamford;P A Sandercock;C P Warlow;J Slattery

  • Comparison of treatment effects between animal experiments and clinical trials: systematic review

    Pablo Perel;Ian Roberts;Emily Sena;Philipa Wheble

  • Is Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier Responsible for Lacunar Stroke, Leukoaraiosis, and Dementia?

    Joanna Wardlaw;Peter Sandercock;Martin Dennis;John Starr

  • Long-term survival after first-ever stroke: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

    M. S. Dennis;J. P. S. Burn;P. A. G. Sandercock;J. M. Bamford

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Martin Dennis
Martin Dennis University of Edinburgh
Charles Warlow
Charles Warlow University of Edinburgh
Graeme J. Hankey
Graeme J. Hankey University of Western Australia
Gordon D. Murray
Gordon D. Murray University of Edinburgh
Colin Baigent
Colin Baigent University of Oxford
Peter M. Rothwell
Peter M. Rothwell University of Oxford
Geoffrey A. Donnan
Geoffrey A. Donnan University of Melbourne
Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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