B1298 - CFS National Outcomes Database and Biobank - 12/01/2012

B number: 
B1298
Principal applicant name: 
Dr Esther Crawley (University of Bristol, UK)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Brian Angus (University of Oxford, UK), Prof George Davey Smith (University of Bristol, UK), Dr Dave Evans (University of Bristol, UK), Dr Susan Ring (University of Bristol, UK), Dr Nic Timpson (University of Bristol, UK), Prof Peter White (Queen Mary, University of London, UK), Dr Simon Collin (University of Bristol, UK)
Title of project: 
CFS National Outcomes Database and Biobank.
Proposal summary: 

This resource will exploit the CFS/ME National Outcomes Database (NOD), which collects data at clinical assessment (2,000 cases per year) and follow-up from NHS specialist CFS/ME services in England. The NOD will have phenotypic data on ~7,000 patients with link with CFS/ME at the start of the study (October 2012). BioME will add data ~7,500 patients and link with phenotypic data collected from two large randomised controlled trials (1,2) creating a database with data on ~15,500 patients. We will contact all patients who have contributed data (2006-2012), and all new patients (2012-2017) attending 19 specialist CFS/ME services, to collect saliva samples (by post) and extract genomic DNA (~9,400 samples). Research nurses in 4/19 services will also collect blood into clotted, EDTA and PAXgene tubes (fractions: serum, plasma, buffy coat, red cells, RNA) and urine from 1,000 patients. This large collection of phenotypic data and biological samples will enable researchers to perform: genome wide assocation studies (GWAS) and epigenetic, metabolomic and proteomics studies using samples from CFS/ME patients with well-characterised phenotypes and long-term outcome data.

Date proposal received: 
Thursday, 12 January, 2012
Date proposal approved: 
Thursday, 12 January, 2012
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