VITAL is the first POMCTN-led study and a collaboration between the POMCTN (Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network) and PQIP (Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme) teams. 

We aim to test whether TIVA is superior to inhalational anaesthesia in terms of days alive and at home at 30 days (DAH30), and survival and quality of recovery among patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery. 

We have been recruiting well and have now passed the halfway point due to our fantastic sites. Here, one of our first site teams, at the Royal Marsden Hospital, shares its experience of recruiting to perioperative trials.