Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource - Renewal 2016

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  196105

• Research summary

  Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource(Renewal 2016)

• REC name

  East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1

• REC reference

  16/ES/0007

• Date of REC Opinion

  9 Feb 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  The tissue samples under this "Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource" support clinical research studies that focus on enhancing the understanding, at a cellular and molecular level, of benign gynaecological complaints with major impact on women's health/ quality of life. Such conditions include for example: abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), uterine fibroids, endometriosis.
  Participants are identified through our gynaecological service in NHS Lothian. Detailed written patient information is discussed with each participant by experienced research nurses prior to completion of consent.
  The tissue samples are largely surplus to diagnostic requirements, although some are research samples only. Tissue and tissue derivatives may be stored, for example, as paraffin blocks, frozen for RNA studies, placed in culture medium for in vitro studies. The type of data linked to the samples depends upon the needs of each research study but normally includes patient demographics and diagnosis. These data are derived from health records and are held on a secure database. Tissue samples are all stored in the University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute.

  Will ensure tissue resource operates within ethical and legal frameworks and that accurate record keeping and security of data and samples is maintained

• Research programme

  This "Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource" supports research studies that focus on enhancing the understanding, at a cellular and molecular level, of benign gynaecological complaints with major impact on women's health/ quality of life. Such conditions include for example: abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Researchers undertaking these studies are mainly based in the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Centre for Reproductive Health or closely associated other University Research Centres. The researchers are funded by peer-reviewed successful applications to, for example, MRC, NIHR.

• Storage license

  n\a

• RTBTitle

  Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource(Renewal 2016)

• Establishment organisation

  University of Edinburgh

• Establishment organisation address

  Queen's Medical Research Institute

  47 Little France Crescent

  Edinburgh

  EH16 4TJ