Dr Michael Collins
Deputy Chair, Scientific Committee
Australasian Kidney Trials Network
Honorary Senior Fellow
Centre for Health Services Research
Publications
Journal Articles
Collins, Michael G., Hawley, Carmel M. and McDonald, Stephen P. (2024). Nephrology clinical trials in learning health systems: the registry-based randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35 (9), 1274-1277. doi: 10.1681/asn.0000000000000448
Collins, Michael G., Fahim, Magid A., Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David W. and Chadban, Steven J. (2024). Questions about the BEST-Fluids trial – Authors' reply. The Lancet, 403 (10430), 911-912. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02680-6
Collins, Michael G., Fahim, Magid A., Pascoe, Elaine M., Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David W., Varghese, Julie, Hickey, Laura E., Clayton, Philip A., Dansie, Kathryn B., McConnochie, Rachael C., Vergara, Liza A., Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Reidlinger, Donna, Mount, Peter F., Weinberg, Laurence, McArthur, Colin J., Coates, P. Toby, Endre, Zoltan H., Goodman, David, Howard, Kirsten, Howell, Martin, Jamboti, Jagadish S., Kanellis, John, Laurence, Jerome M., Lim, Wai H., McTaggart, Steven J., O'Connell, Philip J., Pilmore, Helen L., Wong, Germaine ... Beckett, Claire (2023). Balanced crystalloid solution versus saline in deceased donor kidney transplantation (BEST-Fluids): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet, 402 (10396), 105-117. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)00642-6
Pascoe, Elaine M., Chadban, Steven J., Fahim, Magid A., Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David W. and Collins, Michael G. (2022). Statistical analysis plan for Better Evidence for Selecting Transplant Fluids (BEST-Fluids): a randomised controlled trial of the effect of intravenous fluid therapy with balanced crystalloid versus saline on the incidence of delayed graft function in deceased donor kidney transplantation. Trials, 23 (1) 52, 52. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05989-w
Collins, Michael G., Fahim, Magid A., Pascoe, Elaine M., Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David W., Varghese, Julie, Hickey, Laura E., Clayton, Philip A., Gill, John S., Dansie, Kathryn B., McConnochie, Rachael C., Vergara, Liza A., Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Reidlinger, Donna, Mount, Peter F., Weinberg, Laurence, McArthur, Colin J., Toby Coates, P., Endre, Zoltan H., Goodman, David, Howard, Kirsten, Howell, Martin, Jamboti, Jagadish S., Kanellis, John, Laurence, Jerome M., Lim, Wai H., McTaggart, Steven J., O'Connell, Philip J., Pilmore, Helen L. ... on behalf of the BEST-Fluids Investigators and the Australasian Kidney Trials Network (2022). Baseline Characteristics and Representativeness of Participants in the BEST-Fluids Trial: A Randomized Trial of Balanced Crystalloid Solution Versus Saline in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation Direct, 8 (12) e1399, 1-13. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001399
Collins, Michael G., Fahim, Magid A., Pascoe, Elaine M., Dansie, Kathryn B., Hawley, Carmel M., Clayton, Philip A., Howard, Kirsten, Johnson, David W., McArthur, Colin J., McConnochie, Rachael C., Mount, Peter F., Reidlinger, Donna, Robison, Laura, Varghese, Julie, Vergara, Liza A., Weinberg, Laurence and Chadban, Steven J. (2020). Study protocol for Better Evidence for Selecting Transplant Fluids (BEST-Fluids): A pragmatic, registry-based, multi-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of intravenous fluid therapy with Plasma-Lyte 148 versus 0.9% saline on delayed graft function in deceased donor kidney transplantation. Trials, 21 (1) 428, 428. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04359-2