gastroenterology

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NIHR Portfolio Studies - open to recruitment:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) BioResource
Principal Investigator: Joanne Palmer
Sponsor: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Working with the NIHR BioResource, the aim is to develop a centralised national recallable bioresource of patients with Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis to support scientific and clinical IBD research.

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nihr portfolio studies - In Follow-up:

OCTAGON: Optimising the Care and Treatment Pathways for Older Patients Facing Major Gastrointestinal Surgery
Principal Investigator: Mr Richard Slater
Sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This study aims to explore: 1. Whether patients who have poor outcomes after surgery can be identified at the start of their surgical journey; 2. Whether there are specific patient characteristics that are associated with whether individual patients undergo major surgery or not; 3. What patients feel about different support measures that may be put in place to try to improve outcomes.
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Image credit: Villi from the small intestine. S. Schuller. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
​https://wellcomecollection.org/works/s8aw7rxq