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Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Anderson, Anna and Russell, Amy M. 2025. How to conduct research involving people who may not have capacity to consent for themselves. [Online]. Times Higher Education. Available at: http://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-con... Item availability restricted.

Shamy, Michel, Ramchandani, Rashi, Dewar, Brian, Yogendrakumar, Vignan, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Fedyk, Mark 2025. Permissibility & necessity in the ethical justification of RCTs: The four quadrants framework and the case of endovascular thrombectomy trials for acute ischemic stroke. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 184 , 111831. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111831 Item availability restricted.

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Smallman, Kim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-8120, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Gillies, Katie, Martin, Adam, Moore, Maria, Todd, Stacy and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2025. Feasibility of a Study Within a Trial to evaluate a decision support intervention for families deciding about research on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT SWAT). Trials 26 (1) , 313. 10.1186/s13063-025-09021-3

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2025. Research must be (re)designed to include older people if it is to meet tomorrow's health and care needs [Rapid Response Letter to Editor]. [Online]. The BMJ Website: BMJ Publishing Group. Available at: https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1719/rr Item availability restricted.

Udoh, Ubong, Seeger, Rena, Dewar, Brian, Cummings, Emma, Gocan, Sophia, Nicholls, Stuart, Fedyk, Mark, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Perry, Jeff, Fahed, Robert, Ramsay, Tim, Brehaut, Jamie, Hill, Michael D, Poppe, Alexandre Y, Menon, Bijoy K, Swartz, Richard H, Dowlatshahi, Dar and Shamy, Michel 2025. Advance consent for participation in Acute Stroke Trials (ACTION): protocol for a feasibility study. Stroke and Vascular Neurology , 003029. 10.1136/svn-2023-003029

Anderson, Anna M., Martin, Rachelle A., DeCormier Plosky, Willyanne, Ned, Lieketseng, Swenor, Bonnielin K., Bailie, Jodie, Mathias, Kaaren, Maggo, Jasjot K., Omino, Mildred A., Russell, Amy M., Lawson, Anna M. M., Brown, Anna E., Bierer, Barbara E., Shariq, Sameed, Mwifadhi, Mrisho, Deane, Katherine H. O., Philip, Sharad, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Walsh, Nicola E. and McHugh, Gretl A. 2025. A global call to action for disability inclusion in health research. Nature Medicine 31 , pp. 1399-1403. 10.1038/s41591-025-03587-w

Udoh, Ubong, Seeger, Rena, Cummings, Emma, Dewar, Brian, Nicholls, Stuart, Fedyk, Mark, Gocan, Sophia, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Dowlatshahi, Dar and Shamy, Michel 2025. Advance consent for participation in acute stroke trials: a focus group study with people with lived experience of stroke. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 52 (3) , pp. 526-527. 10.1017/cjn.2024.302

Stokes, Louis, Maden, Michelle, Williams, Nefyn, Jacob, Nina, Scott, Sion, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Gates, Cara, Jones, Liz, Barker, Sandra, Hunter, Marie-Clare, Smith, Grahame, Prout, Hayley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0170-7027, Ingle, Mishel, Curtis, Ffion, Hill, Ruaraidh and Griffiths, Alys Wyn 2025. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of mental capacity legislation in care homes for older adults in the United Kingdom: a mixed-methods systematic review. Age and Ageing 54 (5) , afaf119. 10.1093/ageing/afaf119

Seeger, Rena, Udoh, Ubong, Dewar, Brian, Nicholls, Stuart, Fedyk, Mark, Gocan, Sophia, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Dowlatshahi, Dar and Shamy, Michel 2025. Developing a model of advance consent for participation in acute stroke trials. Journal of Stroke 27 (1) , pp. 133-135. 10.5853/jos.2024.02544

Nocivelli, Brittany, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Wallace, Carolyn and Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2024. “Research happens a lot in other settings—so why not here?” A qualitative interview study of stakeholders’ views about advance planning for care home residents’ research participation. Age and Ageing 53 (10) , afae235. 10.1093/ageing/afae235

Biggs, K., Hullock, K., Dix, C., Lane, JA., Green, H., Treweek, S., Shiely, F., Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Willis, A., Isaacs, T. and Cooper, C. 2024. Time to STEP UP: methods and findings from the development of guidance to help researchers design inclusive clinical trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology 24 (1) , 227. 10.1186/s12874-024-02342-y

Deere, Rachel, Pallmann, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-9696, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Brookes-Howell, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-7130, Carson-Stevens, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-7699, Davies, Ffion, Dunphy, Emma, Gupta, Preeti, Hickson, Mary, Hill, Val, Ingarfield, Kate, Ivins, Nicola, Jones, Fiona, Letchford, Robert, Lowe, Rachel, Nash, Sarah, Otter, Paula, Prout, Hayley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0170-7027, Randell, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-3175, Sewell, Bernadette, Smith, Debs, Trubey, Robert, Wainwright, Tom, Busse, Monica and Button, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-9901 2024. Multi-domain self-management in older people with osteoarthritis and multimorbidities: protocol for the TIPTOE randomised controlled trial. Trials 25 , 557. 10.1186/s13063-024-08380-7

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2024. ‘It’s not making a decision, it’s prompting the discussions’: a qualitative study exploring stakeholders’ views on the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning (CONSULT-ADVANCE). BMC Medical Ethics 25 (1) , 80. 10.1186/s12910-024-01081-5

Nocivelli, Brittany, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Wallace, Carolyn and Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2024. Widening research participation: a survey exploring stakeholders' views about opportunities for older adults living in UK care homes to participate in research. Nursing and Residential Care 26 (7) , pp. 1-9. 10.12968/nrec.2023.0039

Griffiths, Sarah, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Volkmer, Anna 2024. Determining capacity of people with dementia to take part in research: an electronic survey study of researcher confidence, competence and training needs. BMC Medical Ethics 25 (1) , 65. 10.1186/s12910-024-01056-6

Seeger, Rena, Udoh, Ubong, Dewar, Brian, Nicholls, Stuart, Fedyk, Mark, Fahed, Robert, Perry, Jeff, Hill, Michael D., Menon, Bijoy, Swartz, Richard H., Poppe, Alexandre Y., Gocan, Sophia, Brehaut, Jamie, Dainty, Katie, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Dowlatshahi, Dar and Shamy, Michel 2024. Advance consent in acute stroke trials: survey of Canadian Research Ethics Board chairs. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 51 (2) , pp. 285-288. 10.1017/cjn.2023.247

Biggs, Katie, Dix, Caroline, Shiely, Frances, Treweek, Shaun, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Lane, Athene, Green, Heidi, Isaacs, Talia, Willis, Andrew and Cooper, Cindy 2024. Effective interventions to increase representation of under-served groups in randomised trials in UK and Ireland: a scoping literature review [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research 4 , 12. 10.3310/nihropenres.13524.1

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Joyce, Katherine, Lewis, Amanda, Flynn, Samantha, Clout, Madeleine, Nocivelli, Brittany, Segrott, Jeremy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-0870 and Treweek, Shaun 2024. Improving the inclusion of an under-served group in trials: development and implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework. Trials 25 (1) , 83. 10.1186/s13063-024-07944-x

Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Wootton, Mandy, Ray, Ruby, Calder, Philip, Lau, Tin Man Mandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-570X, Owen-Jones, Eleri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-4724, Lowe, Rachel, Davies, Leanne, Richards, Jennifer, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Castro-Herrera, Vivian, Davies, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9409-8605, Francis, Nick A, Hobbs, F.D. Richard, Lown, Mark, Moore, Michael, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Buttler, Christopher C. 2023. Gut microbiology of UK care home residents: cross-sectional analysis from a randomised controlled trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 29 (11) , pp. 1437-1442. 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.001

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2023. Planning ahead for research participation: survey of public and professional stakeholders' view about the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning. BMC Medical Ethics 24 , 70. 10.1186/s12910-023-00948-3

Nocivelli, Brittany, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Wallace, Carolyn and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics 23 (1) , 446. 10.1186/s12877-023-04126-3

Goodwin, Victoria A., Low, Mikaela S. A., Quinn, Terence J., Cockcroft, Emma J., Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Evans, Philip H., Henderson, Emily J., Mahmood, Farhat, Ni Lochlainn, Mary, Needham, Catherine, Underwood, Benjamin R., Arora, Amit and Witham, Miles D. 2023. Including older people in health and social care research: best practice recommendations based on the INCLUDE framework. Age and Ageing 52 (6) , afad082. 10.1093/ageing/afad082

Burgher, Tanisha, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Nollett, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6676-4933 2023. Effective approaches to public involvement in care home research: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Research Involvement and Engagement 9 (38) 10.1186/s40900-023-00453-2

Russell, Amy M., Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Woolfall, Kerry, Young, Bridget, Gillies, Katie, Volkmer, Anna, Jayes, Mark, Huxtable, Richard, Perkins, Alexander, Noor, Nurulamin M., Nickolls, Beverley and Wade, Julia 2023. Complex and alternate consent pathways in clinical trials: methodological and ethical challenges encountered by underserved groups and a call to action. Trials 24 (1) , 151. 10.1186/s13063-023-07159-6

Udoh, Ubong, Dewar, Brian, Nicholls, Stuart, Fedyk, Mark, Fahed, Robert, Perry, Jeff, Hill, Michael D., Menon, Bijoy, Swartz, Richard H., Poppe, Alexandre Y., Gocan, Sophia, Brehaut, Jamie, Dainty, Katie, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Dowlatshahi, Dar and Shamy, Michel 2023. Advance consent in acute stroke trials: survey of canadian stroke physicians. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 10.1017/cjn.2023.12

Nocivelli, Brittany, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Wallace, Carolyn and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Gillies, Katie, Martin, Adam, O’Connell, Abby and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2022. Feasibility, effectiveness and costs of a decision support intervention for consultees and legal representatives of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT): protocol for a randomised study within a trial. Trials 23 (1) , 957. 10.1186/s13063-022-06887-5

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Gillies, Katie and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2022. Development of a measure to assess the quality of proxy decisions about research participation on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent: the Combined Scale for Proxy Informed Consent Decisions (CONCORD scale). Trials 23 , 843. 10.1186/s13063-022-06787-8

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Gillies, Katie, O'Connell, Abby, Martin, Adam and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2022. Recruitment interventions for trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent: methodological and ethical considerations for designing Studies Within a Trial (SWATs). Trials 23 , 756. 10.1186/s13063-022-06705-y

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Islam, Ishrat ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1395-8173, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Williamson, Paula R., Goodman, Claire, Bath, Philip M., Thompson, Carl, Knapp, Martin, Gordon, Adam L. and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2022. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study). BMC Geriatrics 22 , 710. 10.1186/s12877-022-03395-8

Dawson, Shoba, Banister, Katie, Biggs, Katie, Cotton, Seonaidh, Devane, Declane, Gardner, Heidi, Gillies, Katie, Gopalakrishnan, Gosala, Isaacs, Talia, Khunti, Kamlesh, Nichol, Alistair, Parker, Adwoa, Russell, Amy M., Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Shiely, Frances, Shorter, Gillian, Starling, Bella, Williams, Hywel, Willis, Andrew, Witham, Miles D. and Treweek, Shaun 2022. Trial Forge Guidance 3: randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups- practical guidance to support better practice. Trials 23 , 672.

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2022. (Re)conceptualising 'good' proxy decision-making for research: the implications for proxy consent decision quality. BMC Medical Ethics 23 , 75. 10.1186/s12910-022-00809-5

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2022. Unpacking the 'black box of horrendousness': a qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to conducting trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent. Trials 23 , 471. 10.1186/s13063-022-06422-6

Fitzpatrick, Aran, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 and Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2022. Trials using deferred consent in the emergency setting: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of stakeholders' attitudes. Trials 23 , 411. 10.1186/s13063-022-06304-x

Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Robling, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-036X, Randell, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-3175 and Hood, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2021. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study). Trials 22 , 935. 10.1186/s13063-021-05883-5

Andreae, M. H., Shah, L. D., Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Sheehan, M., Sacks, H. S. and Rhodes, R. 2021. Decisions on innovation or research for devastating disease. American Journal of Bioethics 21 (12) , pp. 28-31. 10.1080/15265161.2021.1991042

Raven-Gregg, Timia and Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2021. Exploring the inclusion of under-served groups in trials methodology research: an example from ethnic minority populations' views on deferred consent. Trials 22 , 589. 10.1186/s13063-021-05568-z

Raven-Gregg, Timia, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 and Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2021. Effectiveness of participant recruitment strategies for critical care trials: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Clinical Trials 18 (4) , pp. 436-448. 10.1177/1740774520988678

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2021. Consent support tool: Including people with communication disorders in health research studies [Book Review]. Dementia 20 (5) , pp. 1855-1856. 10.1177/1471301220985401

Butler, Christopher C, Owen-Jones, Eleri, Lau, Mandy, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Lown, Mark, Calder, Philip C, Stanton, Helen, Wootton, Mandy, Castro Herrera, Vivian, Bayer, Antony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Davies, Jane, Edwards, Alison, Davoudianfar, Mina, Rutter, Heather, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Moore, Michael, Little, Paul, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Lowe, Rachel, Miles, Elizabeth A, Townson, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8679-3619, Hobbs, FD Richard and Francis, Nick A 2021. Probiotics to reduce antibiotic administration in care home residents aged 65 years and older: the PRINCESS RCT. Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation 8 (7) 10.3310/eme08070

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2021. How nurses can support the inclusion in research of older people who lack capacity to consent. Nursing Older People 33 (2) , pp. 26-31. 10.7748/nop.2020.e1267

Wachhloz, Patrick Alexander, De Oliveira, Deborah Cristina, Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn, Devi, Reena, Villas Boas, Paulo José Fortes, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari, Watanabe, Helena Akemi Wada, Gordon, Adam Lee and Ricci, Natalia Aquaroni 2021. Mapping research conducted on long-term care facilities for older people in Brazil: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (4) , 1522. 10.3390/ijerph18041522

Jones, Annabel, Morgan-Jones, Philippa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2240-691X, Busse, Monica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-5909, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2021. Conducting focus groups in neurodegenerative disease populations: ethical and methodological considerations. BMJ Open 11 (1) , e041869. 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041869

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Griffith, Richard, Sheehan, Mark and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2021. Development of a decision support intervention for family members of adults who lack capacity to consent to trials. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21 , 30. 10.1186/s12911-021-01390-4

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Griffith, Richard, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Sheehan, Mark and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2021. 'There's more to life than money and health': family caregivers' views on the role of Power of Attorney in proxy decisions about research participation for people living with dementia. Dementia 20 (1) , pp. 308-325. 10.1177/1471301219884426

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Sheehan, Mark, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Griffith, Richard and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2020. Constructing authentic decisions: proxy decision making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent. Journal of Medical Ethics 47 (12) , e42. 10.1136/medethics-2019-106042

Jacinto, A. F., Achterberg, W., Wachholz, P. A., Dening, T., Harrison Dening, K., Devi, R., Oliveira, D., Everink, I., Azevedo, P. S., Villas Bas, P. J. F., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Hoedl, M., Schols, J. M. G. A., Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Gratao, A. C. M., de Melo, R. C., Watanabe, H. A. W., Zazzetta, M. S., Goodman, C., Spilsbury, K. and Gordon, A. L. 2020. Using international collaborations to shape research and innovation into care homes in Brazil: a white paper. Journal of Nursing Home Research Sciences 6 , pp. 109-113. 10.14283/jnhrs.2020.28

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2020. Advances and challenges in conducting ethical trials involving populations lacking capacity to consent: a decade in review. Contemporary Clinical Trials 95 , 106054. 10.1016/j.cct.2020.106054

Kirby, Nigel, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Howick, Jeremey, Betteridge, Sophie and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2020. Nocebo effects and participant information leaflets: evaluating information provided on adverse effects in UK clinical trials. Trials 21 (1) , 658. 10.1186/s13063-020-04591-w

Butler, Christopher C., Lau, Mandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-570X, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Owen-Jones, Eleri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-4724, Lown, Mark, Wootton, Mandy, Calder, Philip C., Bayer, Antony J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Moore, Michael, Little, Paul, Davies, Jane, Edwards, Alison, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Hobbs, F. D. Richard, Davoudianfar, Mina, Rutter, Heather, Stanton, Helen, Lowe, Rachel, Fuller, Richard and Francis, Nick A. 2020. Effect of probiotic use on antibiotic administration among care home residents: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 324 (1) , 47 - 56. 10.1001/jama.2020.8556

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2020. Decision-making during pandemics and other serious illness. Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging 14 (2) , pp. 79-80. 10.5327/Z2447-21232020142EDT1

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2020. An under-represented and underserved population in trials: methodological, structural, and systemic barriers to the inclusion of adults lacking capacity to consent. Trials 21 (1) , 445. 10.1186/s13063-020-04406-y

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Davies, Jane 2020. Conducting a randomized controlled trial in care homes: the challenges of recruiting residents who lack capacity to consent. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health, SAGE, (10.4135/9781529726626)

Wachholz, Patrick, Ricci, Natalia A, Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn, Devi, Reena, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Boas, Paulo JF Villas, Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari, Watanabe, Helena AW, Oliveira, Deborah and Gordon, Adam L 2019. Research on long-term care homes for older people in Brazil: protocol for a scoping review. East Midlands Research into Ageing Network 32 , pp. 1-16.

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Sheehan, Mark, Griffith, Richard and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2019. 'It's a tough decision': A qualitative study of proxy decision-making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent in England and Wales. Age and Ageing 48 (6) , pp. 903-909. 10.1093/ageing/afz115

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2019. Deciding about research for others: normative, empirical, and legal accounts of proxy decision-making for research and the development of a decision support intervention. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

Owen-Jones, Eleri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-4724, Lowe, Rachel, Lown, Mark, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Addison, Katy, Bayer, Tony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Calder, Philip C, Davies, Jane, Davoudianfar, Mina, Downs, James, Edwards, Alison, Francis, Nick A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Fuller, Richard, Hobbs, Richard, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Lau, Mandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-570X, Little, Paul, Moore, Michael, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Stanton, Helen, Toghill, Alun, Wootton, Mandy and Butler, Chris C 2019. Protocol for a double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics in reducing antibiotics for infection in care home residents: the Probiotics to Reduce Infections iN CarE home reSidentS (PRINCESS) trial. BMJ Open 9 (6) , e027513. 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027513

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Griffith, Richard, Sheehan, Mark and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2019. Research involving adults lacking capacity to consent: a content analysis of participant information sheets for consultees and legal representatives in England and Wales. Trials 20 , 233. 10.1186/s13063-019-3340-5

Edvardsson, David, Baxter, Rebecca, Corneliusson, Laura, Anderson, Ruth A., Beeber, Anna, Boas, Paulo Villas, Corazzini, Kirsten, Gordon, Adam L., Hanratty, Barbara, Jacinto, Alessandro, Lepore, Michael, Leung, Angela Y.M., McGilton, Katherine S., Meyer, Julienne, Schols, Jos M.G.A., Schwartz, Lindsay, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Skoldunger, Anders, Thompson, Roy, Toles, Mark, Wachholz, Patrick, Wang, Jing, Wu, Bei and Zúñiga, Franziska 2019. Advancing long-term care science through using common data elements: candidate measures for care outcomes of personhood, well-being, and quality of life. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 5 , pp. 1-15. 10.1177/2333721419842672

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Griffith, Richard, Sheehan, Mark and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2019. Protection by exclusion? The (lack of) inclusion of adults who lack capacity to consent to research in clinical trials in the UK. Trials 20 , 474. 10.1186/s13063-019-3603-1

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Sheehan, Mark, Griffith, Richard, Jordan, Amber ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-2463 and Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 2018. Ethical understandings of proxy decision making for research involving adults lacking capacity: a systematic review (framework synthesis) of empirical research. American Journal of Bioethics 9 (4) , pp. 267-286. 10.1080/23294515.2018.1513097

Francis, N. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Waldron, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492, Cannings-John, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Thomas-Jones, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Winfield, T., Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Harris, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-7724, Hood, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Fitzsimmons, D., Roberts, A., Powell, C. V., Gal, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Jones, S. and Butler, C. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 2018. Oral steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children aged 2 8 years: the OSTRICH RCT. Health Technology Assessment 22 (61) 10.3310/hta22610

Jordan, Amber ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-2463, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 and Joseph-Williams, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-2969 2018. What adolescents living with long-term conditions say about being involved in decision-making about their healthcare: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of preferences and experiences. Patient Education and Counseling 101 (10) , pp. 1725-1735. 10.1016/j.pec.2018.06.006

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Griffith, Richard, Sheehan, Mark, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2018. Healthcare professionals' understanding of the legislation governing research involving adults lacking mental capacity in England and Wales: a national survey. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 (9) , pp. 632-637. 10.1136/medethics-2017-104722

Francis, Nick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Cannings-John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Waldron, Cherry-Ann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492, Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Winfield, Tom, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Harris, Debbie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-7724, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Roberts, Amanda, Powell, Colin, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X and Butler, Christopher C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 2018. Oral steroids for resolution of otitis media with effusion in children (OSTRICH): a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial. Lancet 392 (10147) , pp. 557-568. 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31490-9

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Ridd, Matthew J., Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Addison, Katherine and Francis, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312 2017. Impact of a deferred recruitment model in a randomised controlled trial in primary care (CREAM study). Trials 18 (1) , 533. 10.1186/s13063-017-2284-x

Francis, Nick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Ridd, Matthew J., Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Butler, Christopher C., Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Marwick, Charis A., Huang, Chao, Longo, Mirella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-3806, Wootton, Mandy and Sullivan, Frank 2017. Oral and topical antibiotics for clinically infected eczema in children: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in ambulatory care. Annals of Family Medicine 15 (2) , pp. 124-130. 10.1370/afm.2038

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074 and Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 2017. Establishing a set of research priorities in care homes for older people in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus study with care home staff. Age and Ageing 46 (2) , pp. 284-290. 10.1093/ageing/afw204

Gkiousias, Vasileios, Butler, Christopher Collett, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Kilgour, James Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8067-2306, Waldron, Cherry-Ann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492, Thomas-Jones, Emma and Francis, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312 2016. Parental perceptions and understanding of information provision, management options and factors influencing the decision-making process in the treatment of children with glue ear. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 89 , pp. 6-12. 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.07.021

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817 2016. Research involving adults lacking capacity to consent: the impact of research regulation on 'evidence biased' medicine. BMC Medical Ethics 17 (1) , 55. 10.1186/s12910-016-0138-9

Francis, N. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Ridd, M. J., Thomas-Jones, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Butler, C. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Hood, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Huang, C., Addison, K., Longo, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-3806, Marwick, C., Wootton, M., Howe, R., Roberts, A., Haq, M. I., Madhok, V. and Sullivan, F. 2016. A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: the ChildRen with Eczema, Antibiotic Management (CREAM) study. Health Technology Assessment 20 (19) , pp. 1-84. 10.3310/hta20190

Waldron, Cherry-Ann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492, Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Cannings-John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Powell, Colin, Roberts, Amanda, Tomkinson, Alun, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Harris, Debbie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-7724, Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Butler, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 and Francis, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312 2016. Oral Steroids for the Resolution of Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in Children (OSTRICH): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 17 , 115. 10.1186/s13063-016-1236-1

Shepherd, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Nuttall, Jacqui, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Butler, Christopher Collett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 2015. Setting up a clinical trial in care homes: challenges encountered and recommendations for future research practice. BMC Research Notes 8 , 306. 10.1186/s13104-015-1276-8

Hood, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Nuttall, J., Gillespie, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Shepherd, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-0817, Wood, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-4074, Duncan, D., Stanton, H., Espinasse, A., Wootton, M., Acharjya, A., Allen, S., Bayer, A., Carter, B., Cohen, D., Francis, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Howe, R., Mantzourani, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-1409, Thomas-Jones, E., Toghill, A. and Butler, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 2014. Probiotics for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea (PAAD): a prospective observational study of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (including Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea) in care homes. Health Technology Assessment 18 (63) 10.3310/hta18630