Detecting gene-expression signatures of infection

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Detecting gene-expression signatures of infection

• IRAS ID

  211087

• Contact name

  Vilas Navapurkar

• Contact email

  vilas.navapurkar@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Cambridge University Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 8 months, 3 days

• Research summary

  The study intends to use stored samples, obtained with consent from patients or nearest relatives, which were taken as part of an original study to look at the development of secondary infection in the ICU. The study would assess gene expression profiles in serial samples, taken before and after the development of infection, to try and identify signatures of infection.

• REC name

  Wales REC 7

• REC reference

  16/WA/0326

• Date of REC Opinion

  25 Oct 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion