MEWS study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
MicrosatEllite Womb Surveillance (MEWS) study
IRAS ID
308008
Contact name
Neil Ryan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Edinburgh
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
At the moment, women (and those female at birth) with a high risk of developing cancer of the womb (those with Lynch syndrome) have to undergo testing every year. This is by a camera being placed inside the womb and a biopsy taken (sample of the womb lining). This is a painful test and means that some do not want to go through this every year. We would like to see if we can develop a test on a urine sample to see if we can detect this cancer. In order to do this, we need to get urine samples from people with womb cancer and those who do not have cancer but are at a higher risk, those with Lynch syndrome. We will then compare the two sets of samples and see if we have a reliable test to use for diagnosing this cancer.
N.B. For this study, when we refer to women, this includes those assigned female at birth.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
23/WS/0134
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion