ASTIC TRIAL
Welcome to the ASTIC Trial
(Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Crohn's Disease)
A multicentre, prospective, randomised phase III study conducted by the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), sponsored by the Autoimmune Disease Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
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Study Update
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News
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January 2012
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Patient recruitment is halted. Initial analysis is due in a year.
A total of 45 patients have been randomised (of these 35 have been transplanted).
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September 2011
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A total of 39 patients have been randomised. Of these 27 patients have
been transplanted.
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July 2011
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Nottingham consents their 13th patient
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November 2010
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27 patients randomised and a further 9 patients consented to the trial.
A total of 17 patients have been transplanted.
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September 2010
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Belgium joins the ASTIC Trial.
Leuven Hospital consents 2 patients.
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20 July 2010
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Edinburgh consents 4 patients in a day!
This brings the total number of patients for this site to 6.
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April 2010
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BARTS and the London consent their first patient.
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January 2010
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All approvals completed for Switzerland; the first patient enters the trial in Zurich.
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July 2009
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14 patients now consented into the trial, with 7 transplants complete.
Sites with patients in trial include:
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November 2008
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Barcelona Storms Ahead - well done to Elena Ricart and her team.
5 patients registered and a further patient for discussion.
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July 2008
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The first transplants take place in Nottingham and Barcelona.
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February 2008
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Three sites now recruiting.
Nottingham, Oxford and Barcelona have completed trial registration.
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July 2008
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First patient recruited in Nottingham
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This study is funded by a grant from the Broad Medical Research Programme.
The Chief Investigator for the study is:
Professor Chris Hawkey, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
Email: cj.hawkey@nottingham.ac.uk
The Study Administration Office, who are co-ordinating the trial, can be contacted at:
ASTIC Study Administration Office, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
Email: astic@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 115 8231079. Fax: +44 (0) 115 823 1409