Brain Health Centre Research Database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
250399
Contact name
Clare E Mackay
Contact email
Research summary
NIHR Oxford Health BRC Brain Health Centre Research Database
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/SC/0404
Date of REC Opinion
7 Oct 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
We will be storing data that will allow researchers to develop new ways to diagnose and treat people with memory problems. Data will be collected from patients that attend the Brain Health Centre as part of their medical assessment for memory problems. Patients can agree for the results of their medical tests (including memory tests and MRI scan) to be stored in the database. Relevant information from medical records will be added to the test results, so researchers can learn how to predict future diagnoses or changes in brain health. On the same day as the medical tests, patients can also take part in additional research tests, including extra MRI scanning, tests of thinking skills and provide a saliva sample. The person that accompanies the patient to the Brain Health Centre can also complete questionnaires. Patients and their accompanying friend/relative can sign-up to hear about future research studies they may wish to take part in.
Research programme
The Brain Health Centre Research Database will support the research community working on better ways to diagnosis and treat people with memory problems. Researchers will be able to use information from memory tests and brain scans in combination with information from medical records to understand how diseases that cause memory problems progress over time, and how early symptoms may predict future decline in abilities. Information from experimental brain scanning and tests of thinking skills will enable researchers and clinicians to develop more sensitive tests that will improve how patients with memory problems are assessed in future. The registry of patients and their relatives/friends that want to hear about future research will provide researchers with potential participants for research studies, including trials that test new treatments for memory problems.
Research database title
NIHR Oxford Health BRC Brain Health Centre Research Database
Establishment organisation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Establishment organisation address
Warneford Hospital
Warneford Lane
Oxford
OX3 7JX