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SCOPE2: Can Increasing The Dose Of Radiotherapy Improve Outcomes In Patients With Oesophageal Cancer?

SCOPE2: Can Increasing The Dose Of Radiotherapy Improve Outcomes In Patients With Oesophageal Cancer?

Posted on 26 April 2016 by Ruby Ray

SCOPE2 is a randomised Phase II/III trial to study radiotherapy dose escalation in patients with oesophageal cancer treated with definitive chemo-radiation with an embedded Phase II trial for patients with […]

MID-Frail And What A 102 Year Old Study Participant Is Teaching Us About What’s Possible

MID-Frail And What A 102 Year Old Study Participant Is Teaching Us About What’s Possible

Posted on 18 April 2016 by Mark Kelson

The MID-Frail study investigates a complex intervention comprising dietary and education advice, physical activity and optimized care for this highly under-researched population.  The Centre for Trials Research is responsible for the […]

PIN: A Trial Looking At Olaparib For Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

PIN: A Trial Looking At Olaparib For Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Posted on 13 April 2016 by Joanna Canham

In 2013, there were 45,525 new cases of lung cancer in the UK and it kills around 35,000 annually (Source: CRUK). Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for around 87% […]

South West Society for Academic Primary Care 2016 Annual Meeting

South West Society for Academic Primary Care 2016 Annual Meeting

Posted on 23 March 2016 by Richard Haggerty

The South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU) based in the Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University recently co-hosted the South West Society for Academic Primary Care 2016 Annual Meeting […]

Inside HealthWise Wales: Why this Research Study Matters so Much

Inside HealthWise Wales: Why this Research Study Matters so Much

Posted on 14 March 2016 by Fiona Lugg-Widger

Launched officially in February 2016, HealthWise Wales is a unique project, funded by Health and Care Research Wales, designed to improve the health of the nation. All citizens in Wales […]

How Public Involvement Informed and Guided the EDDY Study

How Public Involvement Informed and Guided the EDDY Study

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Julia Townson

Stephen Thomas, Sarah Earle-Jones and Julia Townson were asked to present the Early Detection of type 1 Diabetes in Youth (EDDY) study at the Health and Care Research Wales Involving People Network meeting […]

FRAGMATIC: Results of the Largest UK Trial of Lung Cancer Patients with Low Molecular Weight Heparin

FRAGMATIC: Results of the Largest UK Trial of Lung Cancer Patients with Low Molecular Weight Heparin

Posted on 9 February 2016 by Richard Haggerty

The results of the Fragmatic trial were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The trial was funded by Cancer Research UK with support from Pfizer to answer this […]