A multidisciplinary human study on the genetic, environmental and microbial interactions that cause inflammatory bowel disease The GEM Project is a prospective cohort study assessing healthy siblings or children (aged 6-35 years of age) of people diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. The objective is to recruit a cohort of 5000 of these high-risk individuals to find the causes or triggers of Crohn’s disease by determining why some first degree relatives develop the disease, while others do not. Chief Investigator: Professor Ken Croitoru Number and location of participating sites (by region/ country): UK – 38 sites Funder: Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Start and End date of grant award: 2008 - June 2020 of recruitment: January 2015 to September 2017 Current Status: Follow up has completed - in data analysis stage Website: www.gemproject.ca UK GDPR Privacy Statement: If you have participated in this study and would like to read how it complies with UK GDPR, please read this document. Document ECTU GEM GDPR privacy statement (452.25 KB / PDF) Contact details In the UK: Sponsor ACCORD CI: Dr Charlie Lees Research Nurse: Ms Debbie Alexander ECTU Involvement: Trial Management (UK only), Research Nurses (UKCRC) Image This article was published on 2024-09-24
