Gastrointestinal Illness in Oxford: prospective cohort for biobanking

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  210441

• Research summary

  The Oxford Gastrointestinal Illness Biobank

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/YH/0247

• Date of REC Opinion

  29 Jul 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Samples will be stored in secure premises at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Where needed samples may subsequently be used for scientific experiments that might be conducted in laboratories in Oxford, or elsewhere, with researchers collaborating with the Gastroenterology team in Oxford.

• Research programme

  The samples and data collected in this biobank will support research into a number of conditions that relate to the liver and gastrointestinal tract, including colon cancer, coeliac disease, and hepatitis, among others. The work may be lead to a better understanding of the causes of illness, and may lead to new tests for disease, and to better treatment. The biobank samples will also be used to support collaboration with researchers in the UK and around the world, including companies that are developing treatments and tests for Gastrointestinal disease.

• Storage license

  12217

• RTBTitle

  The Oxford Gastrointestinal Illness Biobank

• Establishment organisation

  University of Oxford

• Establishment organisation address

  Joint Research Office, 1st floor, Boundary Brook House, Churchill Drive

  Headington, Oxford

  OX3 7LQ