Liz Cross

BA, MA

School of Clinical Dentistry

Trial Manager

e.a.cross@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 7355 009986

Room C04, 2nd Floor, 19 Claremont Crescent

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Liz Cross
School of Clinical Dentistry
Room C04, 2nd Floor
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA

Profile

Biography

I am currently a Trial Manager for the CALM trial, led by the School of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sheffield, and sponsored by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

I started working in ScHARR in 1995 in the Medical Care Research Unit and then in the Clinical Trials Research Unit. I've managed large randomised controlled trials such as RATPAC, SABRE, Big CACTUS and DAFNEplus.

Current projects

Title: The CALM trial

The clinical and cost-effectiveness of a guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy intervention to reduce dental anxiety in children.

Funder: NIHR HTA131805.

Chief Investigator: Professor Zoe Marshman

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A , Bradley E et al (2020) Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia : the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(19), 1-176. View this article in WRRO
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A , Harrison M et al (2019) Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS) : a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology, 18(9), 821-833. View this article in WRRO
Palmer R, Harrison M, Cross E & Enderby P (2016) Negotiating excess treatment costs in a clinical research trial: the good, the bad and the innovative. Trials, 17(1). View this article in WRRO
Everard ML, Hind D, Ugonna K, Freeman J, Bradburn M, Cooper CL, Cross E, Maguire C, Cantrill H, Alexander J & McNamara PS (2014) SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis. Thorax, 69(12), 1105-1112. View this article in WRRO
Bradburn M, Goodacre SW, Fitzgerald P, Coats T, Gray A, Hassan T, Humphrey J, Kendall J, Smith J & Collinson P (2012) Interhospital variation in the RATPAC Trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers). Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(3), 233-238.
Goodacre SW, Bradburn M, Cross E, Collinson P, Gray A, Hall AS & RATPAC Research Team (2011) The Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac Markers (RATPAC) trial: a randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department.. Heart, 97(3), 190-196.
Cross E, Goodacre S & ESCAPE Research Team (2010) Patient satisfaction with chest pain unit care: findings from the Effectiveness and Safety of Chest Pain Assessment to Prevent Emergency Admissions (ESCAPE) cluster randomised trial.. Emerg Med J, 27(10), 774-778.
Goodacre S, Cross E, Lewis C, Nicholl J, Capewell S & ESCAPE Research Team (2007) Effectiveness and safety of chest pain assessment to prevent emergency admissions: ESCAPE cluster randomised trial.. BMJ, 335(7621), 659. View this article in WRRO
Cross E, How S & Goodacre S (2007) Development of acute chest pain services in the UK.. Emerg Med J, 24(2), 100-102.
Cross E, Goodacre S, O'Cathain A & Arnold J (2005) Rationing in the emergency department: the good, the bad, and the unacceptable.. Emerg Med J, 22(3), 171-176.
Goodacre S, Cross E, Arnold J, Angelini K, Capewell S & Nicholl J (2005) The health care burden of acute chest pain. HEART, 91(2), 229-230.
Goodacre S, Nicholl J, Dixon S, Cross E, Angelini K, Arnold J, Revill S, Locker T, Capewell SJ, Quinney D , Campbell S et al (2004) Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a chest pain observation unit compared with routine care.. BMJ, 328(7434), 254. View this article in WRRO

All publications

Journal articles

Marshman Z, Rodd H, Fairhurst C, Porritt J, Dawett B, Day P, Innes N, Vernazza C, Newton T, Ronaldson S , Cross L et al (2023) The CALM trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial of a guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy intervention to reduce dental anxiety in children. Trials, 24. View this article in WRRO
Coates E, Amiel S, Baird W, Benaissa M, Brennan A, Campbell M, Chadwick P, Chater T, Choudhary P, Cooke D , Cooper C et al (2021) Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the DAFNEplus (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) intervention compared with 5x1 DAFNE : a lifelong approach to promote effective self-management in adults with type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
Latimer NR, Bhadhuri A, Alshreef AO, Palmer R, Cross E, Dimairo M, Julious S, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady MC , Bowen A et al (2020) Self-managed, computerised word finding therapy as an add-on to usual care for chronic aphasia post-stroke : an economic evaluation. Clinical Rehabilitation. View this article in WRRO
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A , Bradley E et al (2020) Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia : the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(19), 1-176. View this article in WRRO
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A , Harrison M et al (2019) Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS) : a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology, 18(9), 821-833. View this article in WRRO
Palmer R, Harrison M, Cross E & Enderby P (2016) Negotiating excess treatment costs in a clinical research trial: the good, the bad and the innovative. Trials, 17(1). View this article in WRRO
Everard ML, Hind D, Ugonna K, Freeman J, Bradburn M, Cooper CL, Cross E, Maguire C, Cantrill H, Alexander J & McNamara PS (2014) SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis. Thorax, 69(12), 1105-1112. View this article in WRRO
Bradburn M, Goodacre SW, Fitzgerald P, Coats T, Gray A, Hassan T, Humphrey J, Kendall J, Smith J & Collinson P (2012) Interhospital variation in the RATPAC Trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers). Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(3), 233-238.
Collinson P, Goodacre S, Gaze D & Gray A (2011) Very early diagnosis of chest pain by point-of-care testing: comparison of the diagnostic efficiency of a panel of cardiac biomarkers compared with troponin measurement alone in the RATPAC trial. Heart.
Fitzgerald P, Goodacre SW, Cross E & Dixon S (2011) Cost-effectiveness of point-of-care biomarker assessment for suspected myocardial infarction: the randomized assessment of treatment using panel Assay of cardiac markers (RATPAC) trial.. Acad Emerg Med, 18(5), 488-495.
Goodacre SW, Bradburn M, Cross E, Collinson P, Gray A, Hall AS & RATPAC Research Team (2011) The Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac Markers (RATPAC) trial: a randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department.. Heart, 97(3), 190-196.
Cross E, Goodacre S & ESCAPE Research Team (2010) Patient satisfaction with chest pain unit care: findings from the Effectiveness and Safety of Chest Pain Assessment to Prevent Emergency Admissions (ESCAPE) cluster randomised trial.. Emerg Med J, 27(10), 774-778.
Oluboyede Y, Goodacre S & Wailoo A (2008) Cost effectiveness of chest pain unit care in the NHS. BMC Health Services Research, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
Goodacre S, Cross E, Lewis C, Nicholl J, Capewell S & ESCAPE Research Team (2007) Effectiveness and safety of chest pain assessment to prevent emergency admissions: ESCAPE cluster randomised trial.. BMJ, 335(7621), 659. View this article in WRRO
Arnold J, Goodacre S & Morris F (2007) Structure, process and outcomes of chest pain units established in the ESCAPE Trial. Emergency Medicine Journal, 24(7), 462-466.
Cross E, How S & Goodacre S (2007) Development of acute chest pain services in the UK.. Emerg Med J, 24(2), 100-102.
Coupland CAC, Savelyich BSP, Hippisley-Cox J, Kendrick D, Groom L & Cross E (2005) A randomized controlled trial of the effect of providing information on accidental injury admissions and their costs to Primary Care Groups and Trusts. FAM PRACT, 22(3), 249-252.
Cross E, Goodacre S, O'Cathain A & Arnold J (2005) Rationing in the emergency department: the good, the bad, and the unacceptable.. Emerg Med J, 22(3), 171-176.
Goodacre S, Cross E, Arnold J, Angelini K, Capewell S & Nicholl J (2005) The health care burden of acute chest pain. HEART, 91(2), 229-230.
Goodacre S, Nicholl J, Dixon S, Cross E, Angelini K, Arnold J, Revill S, Locker T, Capewell SJ, Quinney D , Campbell S et al (2004) Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a chest pain observation unit compared with routine care.. BMJ, 328(7434), 254. View this article in WRRO
O'Cathain A (2003) NHS Direct: consistency of triage outcomes. Emergency Medicine Journal, 20(3), 289-292. View this article in WRRO
Kendrick D (2003) Accidental injury: a neglected area within Primary Care Groups and Trusts?. Health Education Research, 18(3), 380-388.
Hippisley-Cox J (2002) Cross sectional survey of socioeconomic variations in severity and mechanism of childhood injuries in Trent 1992-7. BMJ, 324(7346), 1132-1132. View this article in WRRO
Turner , Nicholl , Webber , Cox , Dixon & Yates (2000) A randomised controlled trial of prehospital intravenous fluid replacement therapy in serious trauma.. Health Technology Assessment, 4(31).
Everard ML, Hind D, Ugonna K, Freeman J, Bradburn M, Dixon S, Maguire C, Cantrill H, Alexander J, Lenney W , McNamara P et al () Saline in Acute Bronchiolitis RCT and Economic evaluation: hypertonic saline in acute bronchiolitis – randomised controlled trial and systematic review. Health Technology Assessment, 19(66), 1-130. View this article in WRRO
Coupland C, Hippisley-Cox J, Groom L, Cross E & Savelyich B () Savelyich B. Severe traffic injuries to children, Trent, 1992-97: time trend analysis. British Medical Journal, 327, 593-594.

Conference proceedings papers

Collinson PO, Goodacre S, Bradburn M, Fitzgerald P, Cross L, Gray A & Hall A (2010) The RATPAC Trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers): a randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, Vol. 31 (pp 947-947)

Reports

Goodacre S, Bradburn M, Fitzgerald P, Cross E, Collinson P, Gray A & Hall AS (2011) The RATPAC (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers) trial: a randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department. View this article in WRRO
Goodacre S, Johnson M, Macintosh M, Oluboyede Y, Arnold J, Cross E, Lewis C & Carter A (2007) The ESCAPE multi-centre evaluation of the role of chest pain units in the NHS
Coleman P, Ayiku L, Nicholl J & Cross E (2004) Systematic review of the efficacy and safety of uterine artery embolization in the treatment of fibroids
Nicholl J, Turner J, Stevens K, O'Keeffe C, Cross E, Goodacre S & Snooks H (2003) A Review of the costs and benefits of Helicopter Emergency Ambulance Services in England and Wales
Munro J, Nicholl J, Webber E & Paisley S (1999) Walk-in centres: a review of existing research

Website content

Dimairo M, Julious S, Bennett D & Palmer R (2018) Big CACTUS Statistical Analysis Plan v1.2 mar2018.

Other

Palmer R, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Julious S, Bowen A, Latimer N, Gossage-Worrall R, Cross E & Harrison M (2018) Big CACTUS study protocol v5.0 31may17.