Chris Metcalfe

Chris Metcalfe is co-director of the Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration (BRTC). He is professor of medical statistics at the University of Bristol, UK. His chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research includes the MAGENTA trial, and FITNET-NHS, both co-authored by Esther Crawley and a number of other Bristol-based researchers.

Notable studies

 * 2010, Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
 * 2011, Suicide and the 2008 economic recession: who is most at risk? Trends in suicide rates in England and Wales 2001–2011


 * 2016, Managed Activity Graded Exercise iN Teenagers and pre-Adolescents (MAGENTA) feasibility randomised controlled trial: study protocol* 2016, Managed Activity Graded Exercise iN Teenagers and pre-Adolescents (MAGENTA) feasibility randomised controlled trial: study protocol
 * 2018, Investigating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of FITNET-NHS (Fatigue In Teenagers on the interNET in the NHS) compared to Activity Management to treat paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME): protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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