Blood sampling method for sleep studies v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Validation of blood sampling method for sleep studies (15-021)
IRAS ID
207982
Contact name
Frans van den Berg
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Hammersmith Medicines Research
Eudract number
2000-123456-78
Duration of Study in the UK
years, months, days
Research summary
Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR) occasionally does studies of medicines that might affect people’s sleep. During such studies, we might want to take blood samples from participants during the night, without disturbing their sleep or waking them up. So we’re trying different ways of taking blood samples, to see what method would work best during a sleep study. We plan to do several ‘projects’ during this study; we’ll test a different method in each project.
This is not a study of a medicine. But in some of the projects, we might give volunteers a low dose of a medicine called heparin, by slow injection into a vein, as part of the blood sampling method.
In each project, there’ll be up to 60 healthy participants, aged 18–80 years. Participants should finish the study within a few weeks, but, depending on the project, it could take up to 4 months. They’ll attend HMR for up to 5 visits: 1 screening visit, and up to 4 study sessions, during which we’ll test a blood collection method. Depending on the project, one or more study sessions might require an overnight stay on the ward.
The study will take place at 1 centre in London: HMR.
REC name
London - London Bridge Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1128
Date of REC Opinion
5 Jul 2016
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion