UKCRD news
This page features news and case studies that demonstrate how UKCRD efforts are helping to make the UK a world leader in clinical trials
Early liver disease detection could be improved using routine blood test data in SAIL Databank
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A Wales‑based study using the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, funded by Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW), found that a structured approach to interpreting routine blood tests can detect liver disease much earlier.
UK study tests new preventative therapy for contagious gut infection
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The first patient globally has been recruited to test a new preventative therapy into the life-threatening and contagious gut infection, C. difficile.
Hospital meets UK government’s 150-day timescale thanks to RDN support
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Whiston Hospital, part of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, successfully recruited the UK’s first participant for a commercial gastroenterology study in just 129 days.
Accelerating research delivery at The Royal Marsden
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The Royal Marsden has achieved Global first and European first participant recruitment milestones in 2 commercial cancer clinical trials