Blood Sample Collection for Diagnostic Assay Development.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Blood Sample Collection for Diagnostic Assay Development
IRAS ID
210773
Contact name
Frances Hines
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Highland
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The objective of this study is to obtain venous whole blood from subjects identified as being at risk of developing diabetes and those diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2 for use in the development of blood-based diagnostic tests for monitoring and diagnosis of diabetes for a commercial company based in Inverness.The study will be run in the NHS Highland Clinical Research Facility supported by the research team, and 500 diabetic patients will be recruited over the period of one year. They will only need to attend for one visit and no more than 8ml of blodd will be extracted at one study visit. The blood will be stored at room temperature before being collected by SureSensors Ltd and used within the week at their facility in Inverness to assist in the development of the new diagnostic assay the company is developing for diabetes.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
16/WS/0254
Date of REC Opinion
8 Dec 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion