Beyond Detect

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Early diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

• IRAS ID

  206414

• Contact name

  Gerry J Coghlan

• Contact email

  gerry.coghlan@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Free London

• Duration of Study in the UK

  5 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Pulmonary Hypertension or high blood pressure confined to the lungs is a lethal, debilitating, rare condition. The initial phase of the condition is silent and by the time diagnosis can be made based on symptoms the disease is so advanced that few patients can expect a normal quality or length of life. We now have treatments that significantly delay disease progress . Like ordinary high blood pressure, we need to get to a point of preventing complications of this condition rather than only treating after the heart has begun to fail.
  We have already established that early diagnosis is possible, and now need to validate and demonstrate that early diagnosis using the DETECT tool is achievable in real life and explore the consequences of early diagnosis.

• REC name

  London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/LO/1593

• Date of REC Opinion

  12 Dec 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion