Expression of oncology targets in healthy biliary tract tissue samples

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Expression of oncology targets in healthy biliary tract tissue samples

  • IRAS ID

    312336

  • Contact name

    Gayle Marshall

  • Contact email

    gayle.marshall@md.catapult.org.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    RedX Pharma

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 6 months, 31 days

  • Research summary

    Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) are currently investigating the expression of various oncology targets/biomarkers within human biliary tract cancer samples, with a view to developing a patient selection approach for more effective treatment of these cancers. The proposed study would support this work, by assessing expression of the same oncology targets / biomarkers within healthy biliary tissue samples.

    MDC are looking to access human healthy biliary tract tissue samples through commercially available biobanks. This work will involve analysis on the Nanostring nCounter platform, immunohistochemistry, mass spectroscopy, transcriptomic analysis and microscopy to detect the targets of interest within the samples.

  • REC name

    London - Riverside Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    22/PR/1367

  • Date of REC Opinion

    26 Oct 2022

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion