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(asked on 5th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 February (HL4498), when the clinical trial assessing the benefits of antibiotic prophylaxis on infections in myeloma patients will commence; and which centres will be involved.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 17th February 2015

The trial opened to patient recruitment in July 2012 and the planned close date is 30 November 2015. Current United Kingdom recruitment is 640 and the planned target is 800. A maximum of 110 trial sites are being sought. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network Co-ordinating Centre has provided the following list of 89 UK sites currently open to recruitment.

Altnagelvin Hospital

Antrim Hospital

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

Basildon University Hospital

Royal United Hospital Bath

Belfast City Hospital

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Broomfield Hospital

Queen's Hospital, Burton

Calderdale Royal Hospital

Castle Hill Hospital

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Colchester General Hospital

Craigavon Area Hospital

Darent Valley Hospital

Dewsbury Hospital

Diana Princess of Wales Hospital

Dorset County Hospital

Ealing Hospital

Frenchay Hospital

George Eliot Hospital

Glan Clwyd Hospital

Good Hope Hospital

Grantham Hospital

Guys and St Thomas' Hospital

Royal Gwent Hospital

Great Western Hospital

Heartlands Hospital

Hillingdon Hospital

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

Kettering General Hospital

King's College Hospital

Kings Mill Hospital

Kingston Hospital

St James University Hospital

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leighton Hospital

University Hospital Lewisham

Lincoln County Hospital

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Macclesfield District General Hospital

Medway Maritime Hospital

Milton Keynes Hospital

Manchester Royal Infirmary

North Devon District Hospital

Nevill Hall Hospital

New Cross Hospital

North Middlesex University Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

Northwick Park Hospital

Pilgrim Hospital

Pinderfields Hospital

Pontefract Hospital

Poole Hospital

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Princess Royal University Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

Queen's Hospital, Romford

Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Russells Hall Hospital

Salisbury District Hospital

Sandwell General Hospital

Southend University Hospital

University Hospital South Manchester (Wythenshaw)

Southmead Hospital

Southampton General Hospital

Stafford Hospital

St Helier Hospital

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Torbay Hospital

University Hospital Coventry

University Hospital North Staffordshire (Royal Stoke)

Ulster Hospital

Warwick Hospital

Wexham Park Hospital

Whipps Cross Hospital

Withybush Hospital

West Middlesex University Hospital

Wrexham Maleor Hospital

Warrington Hospital

Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen

Wycombe Hospital

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