Trials

Minutes and reports | Trial Information

The Renal Association Clinical Trials Committee aims to:

  • Provide a forum for development and conduct of renal clinical trials
  • Liaise with other specialist societies (e.g. British Society for Rheumatology, UK Myeloma Forum/British Society for Haematology, British Transplantation Society)
  • Offer input to Renal Association members who wish to pursue ideas for clinical trials such as providing help/advice with trial design

The committee receives funding from the Renal Association and from Kidney Research UK.

 

News

SHARP study results: The results of the Study of Heart And Renal Protection (SHARP) will be presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session at the American Society of Nephrology in Denver on Saturday 20th November 2010 at 1205 pm in the Wells Fargo Theatre. SHARP is the largest double-blind randomized controlled trial in patients with CKD to date. It enrolled 9438 participants in 18 countries, of whom approximately two-thirds were pre-dialysis at the time of recruitment. It aims to assess the effects of cholesterol-lowering therapy with a combination of simvastatin and the cholesterol absorption inhibitor ezetimibe on cardiovascular and renal outcomes.

Minutes from latest Renal Association Clinical Trials Committee: January 2010 Clinical Trials Committee Meeting Minutes. The Clinical Trials Committee also had a joint meeting with the UKKRC and the UKCCRN Renal Specialty Groups in July 2010.

 

Next Meeting

To be determined; anticipated Q1 2011.

To find out more, click on the 'Minutes and Reports' and 'Trial Information' links above. If you are interested in the Committee's work or would like further details, please get in touch with the Committee Chair or Secretary using the contact details below.

 

Committee Membership:

Chair: Colin Baigent (Oxford)

Immediate Past Chair: David Jayne (Cambridge)

Ex Officio: Peter Mathieson (Bristol), Bruce Hendry (London)

BAPN representative: Moin Saleem (Bristol)

DGH nephrology representative: Rob Preston (Northampton)

SpR Club representative: Mark Lambie (North Staffs)

Secretary: Christina Reith (Oxford)

Other members:

Lorraine Harper (Birmingham)

Richard Haynes (Oxford)

Neil Iggo (Royal Sussex)

Natalie Ives (Birmingham)

David Jayne (Cambridge)

Philip Kalra (Salford)

Martin Landray (Oxford)

Chris McIntyre (Derby)

Kazem Rahimi (Oxford)

Caroline Savage (Birmingham)

David Wheeler (London)

Keith Wheatley (Birmingham)

 

Contact:

E-mail: Chair: colin.baigent@ctsu.ox.ac.uk; Secretary: christina.reith@ctsu.ox.ac.uk

Address: Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit ('CTSU'), Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK.

Phone: 01865 743743