LDC highlighted as National research exemplar
Two of Leicester Diabetes Centre’s projects have been highlighted as exemplar case studies by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN).
The CRN has published a document detailing the Network’s wide range of diabetes research undertaken both in the UK and abroad, and cited the Let’s Prevent and ADDRESS 2 studies as being examples of studies that the CRN believes are likely to change practice.
The Let’s Prevent study recruited 700 individuals at risk of developing diabetes, over four years. They then attended a structured education course or received standard care. Those attending the programme reduced their risk of developing diabetes and had improved lipid and activity levels. The study was the basis for the Leicester National Diabetes Prevention Programme, which has secured six national regions of the NHS England bidding process.
The Leicester Diabetes Centre has also played a part in the ADDRESS 2 study, which has accumulated over 4,000 people willing to participate in immunotherapy trials and studies – the largest number of participants based in the UK who have been newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
The document can be accessed here: Diabetes CV 2017 web FINAL.pdf
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