Liver Unit Tissue Bank Registry

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  207014

• Research summary

  Birmingham Children’s Hospital Liver Unit Tissue Bank Registry

• REC name

  South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/SW/0073

• Date of REC Opinion

  31 May 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Samples will be stored in designated tissue banks licensed to store tissue, this will include Birmingham Children’s Hospital but may extend to other licensed tissue banks. Samples will be collected during routine clinic visits, inpatient admissions and procedures. Consent will be taken after families have been given sufficient time to consider project. Consent will be taken by appropriately trained in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and on delegation log.

• Research programme

  The Liver Unit is involved with many research projects investigating causes and outcome of liver disease. The bank will provide an valuable resource for new tests as and when they arise. The bank will also allow liver unit at Birmingham Children’s Hospital to collaborate with other paediatric liver units in England to pool resources investigating rare liver diseases where case numbers are very small

• Storage license

  12132

• RTBTitle

  Birmingham Children’s Hospital Liver Unit Tissue Bank Registry

• Establishment organisation

  Birmingham Children's Hospital

• Establishment organisation address

  Steelhouse Lane

  Birmingham

  B4 6NH