19 May 2014
Open day to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day tomorrow
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol)
will be celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on Tuesday
with an open day at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC)
featuring talks from leading clinicians and research-themed events
taking place across a number of the Trust's city centre
hospitals.
The open day is being held in the clinical trials unit on level
4 of BHOC and will include a series of short talks starting from
12.30pm until 4pm, to which patients, staff and members of the
public are invited to attend.
The speakers include consultant clinical oncologist Steve Falk,
who will discuss how clinical trials started; Professor David Marks
will look at major improvements in therapy for myeloma and
leukaemia patients; and Professor Ann Williams will look at the
science behind clinical trials.
Heather Carroll, clinical trials manager, UH Bristol says: "We are
celebrating 21 years of clinical research at BHOC as part of
International Clinical Trials Day to raise awareness about the
importance of clinical research.
"We are seeing patients more proactively asking about clinical
trials now - as they may offer a form of treatment that may
otherwise not be available. We hope that this open day will offer
an opportunity for staff, patients and the public to find out more
about the clinical trials we offer and what is involved in
trials."
Clinical trials at UH Bristol are diverse, and at BHOC may
involve the use of surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. There
are currently trials open in all disease areas including rarer
disease types, targeted treatments, vaccine and gene therapy
studies. To find out more about clinical trials at BHOC please
visit: /clinicaltrials
Across our other hospitals and specialties our research staff
will help to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day by
showcasing some of the exciting research that we do here. Our
stands, with posters and displays, will include: information on
current studies in the foyer of St Michael's Hospital; a treasure
map and 'day in the life of a children's research nurse' in the
outpatients department of Bristol Royal Hospital for Children;
open doors in the Joint Clinical Research Unit on Level 5 in the
Old Building; information regarding current trials in the Surgical
Research Team in clinic on Level 4, Queens Building; information on
current research with a presentation in Bristol Eye Hospital
and stalls in the Bristol Heart Institute
atrium.
For more information about research across the trust, visit
/research-innovation/information-for-patients-and-the-public/
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