UKCRC Studies

ECTU has a portfolio of adopted trials, which fall under the UK Clinical Research Collaboration registration number.

List of UKCRC studies

For further information please click on the study name.

Rheumatology / Orthopaedic:

DENS  (duration of external neck stabilisation)

MOTION  (osteoarthritis)

PANACHE (carpal tunnel hand surgery)

SLEx (lupus)

TOPaZ (osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Perioperative Medicine:

RESULT-HIP (effect of haemoglobin transfusion threshold after hip fracture surgery on cardiac injury and death)

 

Respiratory:

MucAct  (COPD)

TEMPESTAS (effect of inhaled steroids in severe COPD patients)

Neurology:

ASPIRING (stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage)

CARE (symptomatic brain cavernoma)

MS-SMART (multiple sclerosis)

MND-SMART (motor neurone disease systematic multi-arm adaptive randomised trial)

 

Cardiology:

DUAL ACS  (acute coronary syndrome)

SCOT-HEART 2 (computer tomography coronary angiography for the prevention of myocardial infarction)

TARGET-CTCA (using troponin to guide CTCA)

Gastro-Intestinal:

MARVEL (ulcerative colitis)

Mini MARVEL (ulcerative colitis)

PINGO (safety of NGT placement)

 

Emergency/Critical Care:

A2B (alpha 2 agonists sedation agents)

ASPIRED (enhanced ambulatory ECG monitoring)

HiSNAP (paracetamol overdose)

The RUFUS Study (flumazenil for intramuscular treatment of coma)

INTACT2  (icu outcomes treating anaemia)

ACTION  (cannobinoid treatment of chemotheraphy)

 

Paediatric:

ELVIS Kids (upper respiratory tract infection)

 

 

Obstetrics/Gynaecology:

BRIDGE-IT  (emergency contraception)

METAFOR (gestational diabetes)

POP-IN (postpartum intrauterine contraception)

Peripheral Neuropathy:

ACTION  (cannobinoid treatment of chemo-induced neuropathy)

Clinical Toxicology:

MAIL  (macrophage therapy for acute liver injury)