Acne Research Database: Improved Baseline Assessments in Acne

• Research type

  Research Database

• IRAS ID

  214715

• Contact name

  Alison Layton

• Contact email

  alison.layton1@nhs.net

• Research summary

  Improved Baseline Assessments in Acne

• REC name

  North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/NE/0307

• Date of REC Opinion

  26 Jan 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Anonymised protected data base.

• Research programme

  This database was set up with the aim of providing the Dermatology Team at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and academic collaborators access to information that would inform underlying causes and epidemiology of acne as well as risks from acne and treatments prescribed, including scarring and psychological problems. The overarching aim of developing the database was to improve outcomes for patients.

• Research database title

  Improved Baseline Assessments in Acne

• Establishment organisation

  Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

• Establishment organisation address

  Lancaster Park Road

  Harrogate

  HG2 7SX