Research

Research projects

• Chief Investigator: ESTIMATE study: Endoscopic Staging and Targeted biopsies for routine gastric Intestinal Metaplasia and gastric ATrophy Evaluation. (July 2017-)
• Chief Investigator: Prevalence of metabolic obesity in patients with barrett’s oesophagus and its potential role in carcinogenesis (2010 – 2014)
• Chief Investigator: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare 2 optical technologies in Colorectal Cancer Screening – Multisite evaluation (2010 – 2014)
• Principle investigator: Haemorrhage alleviation with tranexamic acid [HALTIT]. NIHR funded National study (2012 - 2017)
• Principle investigator: Endoscopic submucosal dissection in the treatment of early gastrointestinal neoplasia: A cohort study to assess effectiveness and safety (ESD) March 2019-

• Investigator:

  • A randomized comparison of Degradable Osophageal Stent vs dilation therapy: “destiny trial” for patients with recurrent benign oesophageal strictures – Destiny
  • Prospective Multicentre Study to determine Predictive and Prognostic Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Barrett’s Oesophagus with high grade dysplasia or early intramucosal carcinoma - OCCAMS
  • RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF BARRETT’S COLUMNAR LINED OESOPHAGUS AND SQUAMOUS DYSPLASIA: MULTICENTRE TRIAL WITH LONG TERM FOLLOW UP USING A CENTRAL DATABASE
  • CLEAN study. A trial of probe based endomicroscopy in HALO RFA in BArretts oesophagus
  • BEST 2 (Barrett’s Esophagus Screening trial)
  • BOSS (Barrett’s Oesophagus Surveillance study)
  • BOOST (Prospective Barretts Oesopahgus Optical Spectroscopy and Enhanced Endoscopy to Target high risk lesions)