Recruitment

CReST2 is open to recruitment and seeking new centres. 

If your site would like to participate in the CReST2 trial, please contact the CReST2 Trial Team.

CReST2 Trial Office contact details
Tel: 0121 415 9965
Fax: 0121 415 8871
Email: CReST2@trials.bham.ac.uk
 

Randomisation

There are two ways to randomise new patients to CReST2:

Telephone

To randomise a patient by telephone, please ensure the CReST2 Randomisation Notepad has been fully completed and call the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) randomisation line on 0800 953 0274 (9-5 Mon-Fri).

Please note the BCTU randomisation line is not operated during University of Birmingham closed days.

Online

Alternatively, 24/7 online randomisation is possible at www.trials.bham.ac.uk/CReST2. If you require access to the online randomisation system please contact the CReST2 Trials Office.

Recruitment

We intend to recruit 450 patients to CReST2. Our first patient was randomised 16th June 2017.

At the end of March 2022, there have been 372 patients randomised from 31 recruiting centres.

Open Centres

CReST2 has opened at 31 sites across the UK. As of October 2021, 21 sites are open to recruitment.

Site status  Site Principal Investigator Recruitment
Recruiting Addenbrooke's Hospital Miss Nicola Fearnhead 41
Recruiting The Queen's Medical Centre Dr Suresh Venkatachalapathy 35
Recruiting Southmead Hospital Miss Anne Pullyblank 32
Recruiting Queen Elizabeth Hospital Dr Colm Forde 24
Recruiting Manchester Royal Infirmary Professor James Hill 22
Recruiting St James's University Hospital Mr Rick Saunders 21
Recruiting Western General Hospital Mr Doug Speake 19
Recruiting Musgrove Park Hospital Dr Rudi Matull 17
Not recruiting Countess of Chester Hospital Mr Dale Vimalachandran 16
Recruiting Bradford Royal Infirmary Dr Conrad Beckett 14
Recruiting Royal Bolton Hospital Mr James Pollard 14
Recruiting Nevill Hall Hospital Sarah Wheatman 12
Recruiting New Cross Hospital Dr Shyam Menon 12
Recruiting The Ulster Hospital Dr Grant Caddy 12
Recruiting Royal Victoria Infirmary Dr James Graham 12
Not recruiting Northern General Hospital Professor Steven Brown 10
Not recruiting Queen's Hospital, Romford Dr Purushothaman Premchand 9
Not recruiting Royal Gwent Hospital Dr Mark Robinson 8
Recruiting Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Professor John Ramage 7
Recruiting Blackpool Victoria Hospital Mr Alex Blackmore 7
Recruiting Macclesfield District General Hospital Dr Konrad Koss 5
Recruiting Royal Cornwall Hospital Dr John Hancock 5
Not recruiting Royal Derby Hospital Dr Rajeev Singh 5
Recruiting Royal Preston Hospital Mr Peter Mitchell 5
Not recruiting Scarborough Hospital Dr Ian Renwick 3
Not recruiting Leicester General Hospital Mr Baljit Singh 1
Not recruiting Royal Stoke University Hospital Dr Kar Lau 1
Recruiting Wythenshawe Hospital Dr Javaid Iqbal 1
Not recruiting Aintree University Hospital Dr Suhail Ahmed 0
Not recruiting Raigmore Hospital Professor Angus Watson 0
Recruiting The Christie Hospital Dr Hans-Ulrich Laasch 0

A big thank you to all our open sites for all your hard work and dedication to CReST2.