Core trials

Trials open to recruitment

FibroScHot

Periportal fibrosis is the severest pathology caused by schistosomiasis mansoni. Large fibrotic deposits in the liver can lead to portal hypertension and death by haematemesis. The cornerstone of disease control is annual preventative…

SINAPPS2

Psychosis and schizophrenia are caused by factors associated with excess dopamine and abnormally low N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) functioning. There is increasing evidence for the role of inflammation in these disorders. We propose that…

The PHOSPHATE Trial

Binding of intestinal phosphate in patients with KF has been practiced for more than half a century. Today, 88% of UK dialysis patients require binders to achieve treatment targets. Although dialysis is a life-sustaining therapy, the death rate…

The SIMPLIFIED Registry Trial

In the United Kingdom, nearly 30,000 people receive regular dialysis and 6,000 new patients start dialysis each year. Although this is a life-saving treatment, dialysis-requiring renal failure carries a worse prognosis than most malignancies, …

TURING

Minimal Change Disease (MCD) and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are auto-immune renal diseases that present with a common clinical phenotype, the nephrotic syndrome (NS), characterised by heavy proteinuria and debilitating oedema. When…