About the Study

The BIG BOSS study is currently recruiting. See below for the latest enrolment figures and other key information about the trial.

Recruitment chart

Recruitment target: 192

Information about the Study

Treatment

In the Big BOSS Study - The British Orthopaedic SCFE Surgery Study for Severe Stable Slips - half the children will have corrective surgery, whilst the other half will have keyhole surgery

Things to know

At the end of the study, it will help everyone to know what the best treatment is. To make sure people learn about the best treatment, the doctors who help with this study will talk to other doctors, and other people in the NHS who write national guidelines.

Personal data

Personal details will be held by the research team at the University of Oxford. All information that is collected during the course of the research will be used and stored in accordance with the current data protection legislation.

Study funder

This study is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (NIHR131176).

Study sponsor

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the sponsor for BIG BOSS

Study design

BIG BOSS is a multi-centre prospective randomised superiority trial

Study team

Prof Dan Perry

Chief Investigator

Dan is an NIHR Research Professor and a consultant in children's orthopaedic surgery. He leads international clinical research in a broad array of conditions & injuries that affect children, and loves to ensure that research is presented in a way that is accessible to everyone.

Louise Spoors

Study Manager

Louise manages a suite of children’s trauma trials at the University of Oxford. She was a nurse for many years and has a real understanding of the challenges of doing clinical trials in hospitals.

Kinzah Abbasi

Study Co-ordinator

Kinzah is a study coordinator and has been working in clinical trials for 4 years. She is a key senior member of the team running our studies that involve children at Oxford Trauma.