Every October, people across the UK wear pink ribbons to raise awareness about breast cancer. It’s a time to learn, support, and talk about new ways to help those affected. One exciting study that has been running in Aberdeen is called the SMALL Tria...
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A new study supported by NHS Grampian is helping protect people at higher risk of cervical cancer* - and it’s doing things a little differently. The HPV Equity Study is offering the HPV vaccine and testing to communities who may not usually take part...
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A new medical study is happening in Aberdeen to help people with a serious type of lung cancer called extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). The trial is called TIGOS (or CA245-0001) and is run by a company called Bristol Myers Squibb. The...
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The ELfinity study is exploring how well a medicine called elafibranor works for people with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), a long-term liver disease. It is organised by the pharmaceutical company Ipsen. Some patients don’t respond well to the st...
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Alicija was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From a young age, she knew she wanted to help children. After studying at Vilnius College of Medicine, she became a children’s nurse and started working at Vilnius University Children’s Hospital. For 10 years, ...
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Did you know the James Lind Alliance (JLA) helps make sure that the voices of patients, carers, and healthcare professionals are heard when choosing what research should be done? The JLA brings people together in something called a Priority Setting P...
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The HexAgon-HN study is a clinical trial testing a new treatment for people with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) that has come back or spread to other parts of the body and cannot be treated with surgery or radiation. The trial focuses ...
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Our NHS Grampian study team has received a Special Recognition for Engagement with the British Society for Rheumatology Psoriatic Arthritis Register (BSR-PsA). The BSR-PsA study is a long-term UK wide observational study funded by the British Society...
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Patients with leg injuries requiring immobilisation with a cast, boot, or splint are at higher risk of developing blood clots in the leg. This is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT) [1]. A DVT can cause local problems in the leg. If it dislodges and mo...
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We are delighted to share we have been named as one of 20 research hubs under a new scheme from the UK government. Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDCs) will act as regional hubs for pioneering clinical trials, creating opportunities to test i...
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Our lung cancer research team works hard to bring new treatments to patients in the North East of Scotland. Dr Gillian Price, Consultant Medical Oncologist in NHS Grampian, said: "We are looking forward to opening the ARTEMIA study and continuing our...
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Ms Elsberger will receive the Hunter Doig Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Ms Elsberger is one of our research active clinical academics and one of the main drivers of research of our award winning breast cancer research unit. ...
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Our cardiology research team is taking part in the BRITISH study. The study is led by Dr Andrew Flett, Cardiologist at the University of Southampton. You can watch him talk about the study here: https://youtu.be/-Ta7gZ7lTv8. The British Heart Foundat...
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What’s it like taking part in research? Here is the story of Bill. Bill took part in the DAPA-MI study in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI). Bill had a heart attack due to a blocked blood vessel. He was fitted with a stent which helped the blood fl...
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At a recent University of Aberdeen event we met Michael Hendry, MRI Superintendant Radiographer. MRI stands of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It's a technique that makes very detailed images of your inner body with the help of magnetic fields. It is mai...
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International Nurses Day is held on the 12th May each year which is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. On this day, we honour Florence Nightingale's legacy and the contributions of nurses worldwide. Her commitment to compassionate care,...
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The Hepatology Research Group at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the NHS Grampian Research & Development (R&D) Department jointly held a Patient Participation Event on the 15th of March 2024 in the Suttie centre. The objective of this event was...
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April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. Where can cancer develop in the head and neck? There are more than 30 areas where cancer develop (1) Mouth, including tongue, roof of mouth, back of throat, tonsils, lips Voice box (larynx) Saliva g...
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PANDOS is an international, prospective, observational cohort study. Prospective means data are collected going forward. Observational means that data about study participants are being collected during routine procedures. Nothing about the care of t...
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Friends of ANCHOR is a local charity dedicated to improving cancer and haematology care in the North of Scotland. Research is a key part of Friends of ANCHOR’s commitment to patients. It plays an important part in driving forward cancer and haematol...
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What is RSV? RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus. RSV is a common respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages. People most frequently associate RSV with the risks for young children, but it can also be very dangerous for ol...
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria, or NTM, are a group of bacteria that cause rare lung infections. NTM can cause health problems for people with no pre-existing condition, but it’s more likely to affect people with an underlying lung problem, such as bro...
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The IBIS-II Prevention study was done to establish if Anastrozole - an oestrogen lowering drug –– could prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women with a high or moderate risk of getting this disease. NHS Grampian was one of the 149 centres worldw...
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I am a speech and language therapist with a specialist interest in communication difficulties caused by stroke. One such difficulty is aphasia. People with aphasia have problems expressing themselves. It can affect understanding and reading as well a...
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The North of Scotland Research Ethics Service runs 2 Committees which are made up of volunteers, these volunteers are designated as Expert Members and Lay Members. Expert Members are registered Health Care Professionals or work within the research en...
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A new study for head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy has opened in Aberdeen. It is looking at a new medicine called NG11-2 from the pharmaceutical company VasoDynamics Ltd. NG11-2 is given as a mouthwash to people before receiving rad...
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NHS Grampian is one of the pilot sites taking part in the UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR) Study. The UKAR Study is a collaboration between the Epidemiology Group of the University of Aberdeen, the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)...
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The BADBIR is a clinical study that monitors the long-term safety of drugs used to treat Psoriasis. There are over 18k participants in the study and 110k follow-ups entered nationally. The study commenced in 2007 with a planned completion of July 202...
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Aberdeen is taking part in the E.mbrace Study. This study is researching a new vaccine which hopes to prevent complications of urinary infections in adults aged 60 and over. This research is carried out as a randomised clinical trial, which means par...
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The ORION 4 study aims to find out if a new medicine safely lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes in certain people. People who have already had one of these conditions, or who have had an operation or procedure to treat blocked-up arteries ca...
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The HoT study is for patients with low risk thyroid cancer. Low risk means that the cancer is small or medium sized, has not spread to other organs and there is a very high chance of curing it. The thyroid is a gland in the throat that produces chemi...
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Rare Disease Day 28th February Rare Disease day is an opportunity to raise the awareness for people living with a Rare Disease. Some 300 million people worldwide are affected with a rare disease. More information about Rare Disease Day is available o...
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The ACHIEVE study is looking at a medicine for patients with kidney disease who receive dialysis. These patients are at risk of developing cardiovascular complications [heart failure, high blood pressure and strokes] and there are few medications ava...
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The new study will investigate the experiences of work support for people with musculoskeletal conditions. Making it Work™ is an online self-management programme developed in Canada which supports people working with inflammatory arthritis. Researche...
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Dr Rosemary Hollick, a Rheumatologist in NHS Grampian and a Senior Clinical lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, has been in touch to tell us about the VOICES study. Why was VOICES set up? VOICES was designed to help us decide how best to organis...
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The SEATON @ 25 study recruited its first participant. This study is lead by Professor Steve Turner. SEATON stands for A Study of Eczema and Asthma To Observe the influence of Nutrition. The underlying question is “is mum’s diet during pregnancy lin...
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In early 2020 the NHS Grampian Endowment Fund launched a call for research applications into COVID-19. Here are first results from one of the successful projects. This project is a collaboration lead by researchers from the University of Aberdeen – P...
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Mrs Jennifer Greenhowe is a plastic surgeon at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. As part of her recently awarded NRS career fellowship she will undertake a research project to understand more about scars (1) and how to treat them. Scarring can ...
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Our Emergency Department (ED) in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary supports several research studies. One of them is called ABC Sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the when the body overreacts to an infection and starts attacki...
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What is a cavernoma? Cavernoma are clusters of abnormal blood vessels in the brain or spinal cord that look like raspberries. In the UK 1 in roughly 600 people has a cavernoma, but only 1 in 400,000 people each year are newly diagnosed with a caverno...
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RAACENO is short for Reducing Asthma Attacks in Children using Exhaled Nitric Oxide. The RAACENO randomised clinical trial looked at whether the addition of exhaled nitric oxide to routine asthma care reduced asthma attacks in children. Background: ...
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The last day of February marks Rare Disease Day. It aims to raise awareness of rare diseases. A rare disease is defined by the EU if it occurs in less than 1 in 2000 people [1]. Taken together there are more than 6000 rare diseases worldwide and 1 in...
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The Oncology research team at NHS Grampian was the first place to have a patient take part in the ADePT-DDR study. This study is looking at a new medicine for particular types of head and neck cancers. This medicine is created to be taken alongside r...
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SHARE is a national database of people who are happy to be research volunteers within Scotland. Individuals can sign up to be contacted about research projects. They can also choose to donate leftover blood samples from their medical appointments to ...
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Dr Dimitra Blana has shared a video of a recent project, which has been using Health Data Science(1) to help NHS Grampian on Covid-19 decisions. The researchers developed a model to predict hospital care (hospitalisation). They also made tools to tha...
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Chest pain suggestive of a heart attack (1) is a common reason for calling an ambulance, and for being transferred to the Emergency Department. However, only about 1 in 5 patients turn out to have this condition. In a recent research study called ACC...
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NHS Grampian has 2 Covid-19 vaccine studies running from Aberdeen. The one which opened up first has been approved to change into a crossover study. What is a crossover study? A crossover study is when the patients taking part receive more than one t...
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To mark International Clinical Trials Day, Rachel from the North of Scotland Ethics Service will be sharing a video about research ethics on Youtube. Research needs ethical approval before it is allowed to happen. For the NHS, this often involves a g...
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Did you know that NHS Grampian has a biorepository? But what do they do? A biorepository is like a library, which does not store books but biological samples. Our biorepository processes and stores samples from patients and makes them available for ...
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Have you heard the term CRF before? Wonder what it means and why it’s important? A CRF is a Clinical Research Facility. Clinical research facilities are where clinical research takes place. Clinical research is another name for medical research or re...
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This week an article was published on how we have been working to improve research awareness in Grampian. This article talks about how the website has been created and why. Some of things we tried during this journey were successful and some things d...
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Clinical research is extremely beneficial for the NHS and the UK economy, according to a recent report. The report was commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and was published in October 2019. The report shows that Clinica...
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Our website is hosting an innovative “research experience” interactive game, which illustrates the journey through a clinical research study in a friendly way. Players can now choose to “experience” the three different types of studies: (Investigatio...
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Public Involvement (PPI) is fundamental to guarantee that research is carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public, rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’ them. The UK Standards for Public Involvement in research, which have been designed to improve ...
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A previous Grampian research participant has kindly shared her experience to help people understand why research happens. You can read her story below. If you would like to share your experience then please contact nhsg.ppa@nhs.net to find out more ...
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