Phase II studies in extensive disease are in progress. A further study in non-small cell lung cancer is being planned evaluating two different chemotherapy regimes. Other research interests include exercise physiology and respiratory muscle physiology. Currently, sleep disordered breathing is a major and important development within the department. Sleep disordered breathing is an increasingly recognised abnormality and clinical research is being carried out looking at the compliance of nasal CPAP, the role of mandibular advancement prostheses in obstructive sleep apnoea and also in snoring.
Long term follow up of the value of mandibular advancement splints is also in progress.
Other interests include clinical trials in interstitial lung disease, clinical trials in asthma and clinical trials in the role of interventional bronchoscopy, ie. laser and intrabronchial stenting, as well as brachytherapy.