Edinburgh Brain Bank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  199294

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  10/S1402/69, ; 10/S1402/70,

• Research summary

  Edinburgh Brain Bank

• REC name

  East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1

• REC reference

  16/ES/0084

• Date of REC Opinion

  11 Oct 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  All samples, except the sudden death cases, will be retrieved within the mortuary Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (NHS hospital mortuary) and transferred to the brain bank, while the sudden death tissue samples will be retrieved from the City Mortuary. All samples will be stored at Chancellor's building Edinburgh, within secure University of Edinburgh accommodation Written consent for use of tissue in research is obtained in all cases prior to tissue release for research. Some cases will have pre-mortem consent if the patient has capacity, but most cases, again except the sudden death cases, will have a hospital post mortem consent form signed by relatives. Sudden death cases are instructed by the Procurators Fiscal and are undertaken under their authority.
  All relatives have the opportunity to withdraw consent at any time.

• Research programme

  Tissue within the Edinburgh Brain Bank will support translational research in neuroscience. We have already provided tissue to many research groups, locally, nationally and internationally, resulting in many high impact publications, highlighting the need for such tissue. Researchers must be working in recognised research facilities, and although the brain bank does not directly assess the research question the local management committee may assess the appropriateness of tissue release, and may require input from the Steering committee.

• RTBTitle

  Edinburgh Brain Bank

• Establishment organisation

  NHS Lothian

• Establishment organisation address

  Public Health Office

  Waverley Gate

  2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh

  EH1 3EG