In vitro sonothrombolysis with microbubbles and the Ekos catheter

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  In vitro sonothrombolysis with microbubbles and the Ekos catheter

• IRAS ID

  193667

• Contact name

  Marie de Saint Victor

• Contact email

  marie.desaintvictor@eng.ox.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  British Technology Group Ltd

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 0 months, 29 days

• Research summary

  The objective of this study is to investigate the potential of a new ultrasound device to accelerate the breakdown of blood clots. This has applications across a range of cardiovascular diseases, for instance deep vein thrombosis.

  In order to study clot breakdown, it is necessary to prepare blood clots. This will be done using expired blood samples from a local blood bank.
  All experiments will be conducted in vitro. They will be carried out in an academic laboratory at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oxford.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/EM/0033

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 Jan 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion