April 2022

Issue #3

Important Announcements

● Feasibility protocol submitted to PCORI on April 1st - well-received

● Feasibility IRB application to be submitted the first week of May

● ClinicalTrials.gov registration is live!

Coordinating Center Updates

Clinical Coordinating Center

● Enrollment site application distributed

last week, due by May 2nd

● Manual of Procedures in process

● Consent form in development

● Clinician education videos in production

Data Coordinating Center

● Webpage for interested enrollment sites on

MPOG website are published

● Participant-facing study application design in

progress

● Research coordinator facing electronic case

report forms development ongoing

● Randomization algorithm specification in

progress

Patient Partnership Leadership Center

● Patient partner, research participant,

and caregiver engagement working

group to be formed in the next month

Administrative

● THRIVE Glossary of Terms & Acronyms

● Subcontracting nearing completion

● Updated Administrative Structure

In the works!

● THRIVE leadership is forming working groups to operationalize different aspects of the THRIVE trial -

you may be invited to participate on one or more groups

● The patient-facing website’s relevant domain names have been acquired

Timeline

Emerging Literature

The Role of Perioperative Shared Decision Making: When Risk Is Non-modifiable

This review describes the need for and yet the challenges inherent in operationalising shared decision

making (SDM) in the perioperative setting. A novel approach to the role of SDM in preparing for high-risk

surgery is described as well as a pragmatic outline of the individual components that make up this process.