June 2002
GALA NEWS
General anaesthetic versus local anaesthetic for carotid surgery
Recruitment: 549 Centres: 23
Local anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, that is the question.
Please consider ALL your carotid endarterectomy patients for the
GALA trial so we can find out the answer.Congratulations!
To the Royal Oldham Hospital and the Lewisham Hospital who have randomised their first patients into
GALA – well done.Benvenuto!
To Professor Spartera and his colleagues in L’Aquila, Italy, who have just received their local ethical approval to join
GALA. We look forward to many other centres joining GALA from abroad.What can we do for you?
Do you have any suggestions as to how we can make trial management easier for you?
Please let us know about any aspects of the Trial with which you have difficulty.
Tips for increasing recruitment?
Have you got any useful tips for other participants that you find makes recruitment easier?
E-mail any suggestions to
gala@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk. There is a prize for the best idea!