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Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank
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Organisation name
Imperial College London
Organisation sector
Academic Institute
Applicant name(s)
Sandrine Rendel
Funders/ Sponsors
Iain McNeish
DEA accredited researcher?
Unknown
Sub-licence arrangements (if any)?
No
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Project ID
NIBDAPC_2022_0011
Lay summary
Biological samples are only useful for research if they are annotated with information. The Tissue Bank already records a small amount of clinical data in its dedicated, secured database, however, researchers would greatly benefit from having access to further clinical information from patients who donated their samples for research. Examples of the data proposed to be included in this automatic transfer are: height, weight, BMI, smoking status. In addition, this will include information about treatments such as length and type of cancer therapy treatments and responses to these. Researchers in the future will use this information to compile more specific categories of samples during their analysis. Better grouping of samples with similar properties can highlight subtle differences that were not obvious previously without the access to this additional clinical information. This study is a pilot and will look to curate de-identified data that can be used to support future research and cohort finding once Tissue samples are linked to the patient in the Electronic health record.
Public benefit statement
This project is beneficial to enhancing the value of research projects using the samples donated by patients of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This will in turn allow researchers to better understand various disease mechanisms and their correlations with clinical information.
Request category type
Public Health Research
Other approval committees
Project start date
25/03/2022
Latest approval date
07/03/2022
Safe Data
Dataset(s) name
NIHR HIC Ovarian Cancer Dataset
Data sensitivity level
De-Personalised
Common Law Duty of Confidentiality
Not applicable
National data opt-out applied?
Not applicable
Request frequency
One-off
Release/Access date
25/03/2022
Safe Setting
Access type
TRE