New PSC research grant call
PSC Support and UK PSC are inviting applications from UK-based investigators to conduct, ethically approved, biomarker based, research using serum samples collected for the UK-PSC biobank. Two grants of up …
Log in for real time data
Development on the UK PSC database is progressing well and we plan to launch in autumn 2017. The database is an online portal for UK PSC activity at sites and will …
Profiling PSC across all ages
We now have three transplant centres set up as UK PSC paediatric sites: Leeds General Infirmary, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Kings College Hospital. We recruited our first child to the …
MERLIN: PSC Stromal Therapy Trial (Video)
Please see our new video on the MERLIN project: this is a large European consortium led from the University of Birmingham, in which our goal is to treat patients with …
UK-PSC successfully bids for NIHR Rare Diseases funding
In the Spring we received some fantastic news – we were successful in our funding bid to the NIHR! We secured a £200,000 grant, which runs from 1 April 2015 …
Evaluating the impact of PSC on patients
We are initiating an ambitious new project to quantify the experience of patients with PSC, assess its impact on their quality of life and monitor this over time. No validated …
Major PSC trial now recruiting
BUTEO, a single arm, two-stage, multi-centre, phase II clinical trial is now recruiting participants. The trial investigates the safety and activity of the use of BTT1023, a human monoclonal antibody …
New Chief Investigator and study team for UK-PSC
UK PSC has a new Chief Investigator. Dr Gideon Hirschfield successfully bid for the NIHR Rare Disease funding and is now leading the study. He is based at the NIHR …