York FIT Colorectal Research Database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
294969
Contact name
James Turvill
Contact email
Research summary
York Teaching Hospitals - FIT Colorectal Research Database
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/YH/0067
Date of REC Opinion
7 Jun 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Clinical, laboratory and demographic (age, gender, ethnicity)data will be collected and stored on the database for all consented patients being referred into secondary care with colorectal symptoms, ideally at the time of their referral(or after if that is easier) and have had a FIT test, for the following:
1) To allow access to their medical information held by both primary and secondary care, in order to follow up their referral and collect any outcome and longitudinal data for the purposes of evaluating the diagnostic services offered by the Trust.
2) To be contacted in the future about their experiences or should we receive further research studies that might be of interest to them
3) To allow residual clinical samples (such as FIT samples) and data to be used for future research purposes
It is envisaged that some 10,000 patients may be registered with the database. Patients will be recruited from York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, incorporating York and the surrounding areas of Scarborough, Bridlington, Malton, Whitby, Selby and Easingwold. The data will be collected and stored on a web-based purpose built database housed by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Delegated York Trust staff will collect and input the data and the database will be managed and maintained by the Trust Research and Development Unit.
Research programme
Designed by the York GI Research Group, the aim of the database is to help us to identify the optimal diagnostic and management of FIT-based patients presenting with abdominal symptoms. It will enable us to have access to an extensive on-going primary/secondary care database of FIT patients and their clinical outcomes. The consent to future contact will not only provide benefit to patients in terms of collection and monitoring of their long term clinical diagnosis but also provide them valuable opportunities to share their experiences and to be involved with future research into their condition that may benefit them and future patients. The database will help to facilitate translational research; it will assemble an invaluable cohort of patients and repository of patient data that can be accessed by researchers. It will also allow patients to be contacted to access biological samples, to be invited to participate in disease specific trials, or to receive new patient information concerning their illness. The intention to build and keep a valuable and robust database of patient referrals, outcomes and permission to contact. This will amount to approximately 10, 000 colorectal patients which will provide an invaluable repository of clinical data.
Research database title
York Teaching Hospitals - FIT Colorectal Research Database
Establishment organisation
York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Wigginton Road
York
YO31 8HE