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About the OPACE Trial

OPACE collaboration will be across the UK, at primary (GP practices) and secondary sites (hospitals). PIC sites are welcome too. Active participating sites can be found here.

If you are a potential participant, please contact the OPACE clinical trial team at your local GP or hospital site in the first instance.

For General enquiries please contact: [email protected]

Senior Trial Team

Professor Ian Wilkinson
University of Cambridge & Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor David Price
University of Aberdeen
Dr Marie Fisk
University of Cambridge & Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

OPACE Trial Key Collaborators:

Dr Jonathan Fuld, Dr Simon Bond, & Dr Frances Early
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Prof Michael Polkey
Royal Brompton Hospital
Prof Wisia Wedzicha
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
Dr Sarah Sibley
Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr David Anderson
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Dr Saira Malik & Ewan Maule
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Prof Gwyneth Davies
Swansea University
Prof Gary Barton
University Of East Anglia
Prof Charlotte Bolton
University of Nottingham
Prof Graham Devereux
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Samantha Prigmore
Independent consultant
Prof Anthony De Soyza
NIHR Respiratory Lead
Ravijyot Saggu
University College Hospital London NHS Foundation Trust

Central Team

Dr Zehra Yilmaz
Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator
[email protected]
Barbara Masango
Data Manager
[email protected]

Trial News

All approvals received for OPACE trial!

  As of 26th Sep 2023, we are pleased to confirm final approvals have been received from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the Research Ethics Committee (REC), and Health Research Authority (HRA) for the OPACE trial to proceed. What happens next? Following approvals, we can start initiating and activating sites to begin […]

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