Bladder Cancer Biomarkers
Research type
Research Study
Full title
New cancer biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of drug treatment response in bladder cancer.
IRAS ID
125963
Contact name
Hardev Pandha
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Surrey
Research summary
It is not currently possible to eradicate HIV in the majority of patients because even with the best antiretroviral treatment there is still a small reservoir of virus hidden in some cells of the body. One problem is that the methods available to measure this reservoir and also to evaluate how the virus hides in the cell are very poor. This study is being done to develop new methods to examine the sites where the virus hides in the cell, to measure how much virus there is in this reservoir and to help explain how HIV avoids being eradicated by treatment. HIV-1 genetic material will be measured in four different HIV patient groups in blood and gut tissue samples. Gut tissue is the major compartment of the HIV-1 reservoir in infected patients and an important place to assess how any new tests might help scientists find new treatments for HIV in the future.
REC name
London - Brent Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/LO/0739
Date of REC Opinion
9 Aug 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion