ULTRON

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Understanding Long Term Respiratory Outcomes with Next Generation Sequencing

• IRAS ID

  268600

• Contact name

  James D Chalmers

• Contact email

  j.chalmers@dundee.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Dundee

• Duration of Study in the UK

  3 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  Respiratory infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK. Patients with chronic respiratory infections such as COPD, asthma and bronchiectasis frequently experience respiratory infections and are therefore at high risk of complications and antibiotic resistance. We have recently found in patients with COPD that the lung microbiome can predict the risk of future mortality over a 4 year period. We wish to test in this study whether the bacteria in the upper and lower airways can predict long term respiratory outcomes across multiple lung conditions.

• REC name

  South Central - Oxford A Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/SC/0592

• Date of REC Opinion

  11 Dec 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion