Myasthenia Tissue Bank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  301619

• Research summary

  Myasthenia Tissue Bank

• REC name

  London - London Bridge Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  22/LO/0116

• Date of REC Opinion

  1 Mar 2022

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Serum samples are collected from patients with suspected Myasthenia Gravis under the clinical care of Moorfields Eye Hospital. Samples will be collected and stored following written informed consent. Participants will be invited to donate 15ml of blood that will be processed and stored as serum samples (i.e. acellular, and therefore not relevant material under the HTA) for future biomarkers research.

• Research programme

  The UK's Myasthenia Gravis patient charity Myaware funded the storage of serum for biomarkers research (IRAS 178663)and this bank will continue to maintain and store these serum collected, as well as ongoing serum collection for future biomarkers research, as part of the diagnosis and management of Myasthenia Gravis.

• Storage license

  n/a

• RTBTitle

  Myasthenia Tissue Bank

• Establishment organisation

  Moorfields Eye Hospital

• Establishment organisation address

  162 City Road

  London

  EC1V 2PD