Healthy Living in ProtecT participants (HeLPP): use of samples v1
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
IRAS ID
178414
Contact name
Eleanor Walsh
Contact email
Research summary
HeLPP: Healthy Living in ProtecT Participants - Tissue Bank
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/EM/0437
Date of REC Opinion
22 Dec 2017
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
This tissue bank contains blood and tissue samples originally collected as part of the ProtecT study. The ProtecT study originally collected these samples to investigate prostate cancer. The HeLPP study has gained consent to use these samples for research into other illnesses and diseases.
Some of these blood samples have also been analysed for DNA, where there was additional consent to do so from participants.Research programme
Bona fide researchers will be able to apply to use the samples held in this tissue bank, to investigate links between properties in blood and tissue, and illness or diseases, other than prostate cancer (this is covered by the ProtecT study).
Storage license
12624
RTBTitle
HeLPP: Healthy Living in ProtecT Participants - Tissue Bank
Establishment organisation
University of Oxford
Establishment organisation address
Clinical Trials and Research Governance, Joint Research Office, Block 60, Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE