Time Study - Antihypertensive Study
In recent years, special monitors that can measure blood pressure throughout the day and the night have been developed. Results from studies using these monitors
have suggested that night time blood pressure might be a better measurement of the benefits of blood pressure lowering. In addition, tablets taken at night lower
night-time blood pressure more than tablets taken in the morning. The big question is, would night time dosing be better (or worse) than morning dosing in preventing
the bad things associated with high blood pressure (such as strokes and heart attacks)?
FAST
The FAST study is designed to find out if Febuxostat is definitely better, worse or just the same as Allopurinol. This information will be of great value to everyone
who needs to take these drugs on a regular basis. It will allow doctors to make the best choice for people with arthritis, not just for gout pains but also for their
general health
Standard Care versus Celecoxib Outcome Trial (SCOT)
The SCOT study is designed to find out if celecoxib is definitely better, worse or just the same
as the other available NSAIDs. Because SCOT will eventually involve many thousands of participants we
will also be able to look at the relative safety of all the NSAIDs in common use. This information will
be of great value to everyone who needs to take these drugs on a regular basis. It will allow doctors
to make the best choice for people with arthritis, not just for their joint pains but also for their general health.
Prevention And Treatment of Hypertension With Algorithm-based therapY (PATHWAY)
HRC is one of 8 UK centres taking part in the PATHWAY studies. PATHWAY comprises three clinical trials of licensed medicines, which aim to address some important areas of uncertainty in the current management of hypertension:
1. Monotherapy vs. dual therapy for initial treatment for hypertension
2. Optimal treatment of drug resistant hypertension
3. Comparison of single and combination diuretics in low-renin hypertension
Get Randomised Campaign
The get randomised campaign was designed to raise awareness and to get the general public involved in randomised clinical trials. This is a collaborative project between the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Swine Flu Safety Study
The University of Dundee is running a large study to monitor the safety of the swine flu vaccination. If you have been offered the vaccine, whether you decided to have it or not, you could help us with this study.
We would like to follow up people who have had swine flu vaccine to ask whether they have any health problems following vaccination. We would also like to follow up a group of people who were offered the vaccination but who decided not to have it, as a comparison group.
