Newsletter
Issue 14 February 2009
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CAPITAL
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Whilst the global economy slides into recession, the knowledge economy of the CRASH-2 Collaboration continues to grow apace. Every patient enrolled into the trial adds another unit of valid, socially relevant information that no stock market crash can ever wipe from the world. |
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At the time of writing, over 14,000 patients have been included into the trial and, provided that recruitment continues to increase, the trial is set to reach its target of 20,000 patients by the end of the year. In January, the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) met to review the accumulating data and have once again given the CRASH-2 trial a clean bill of health. If our collaborative efforts had been floated on the stock market, the DMC announcement would surely have sent our share price skyrocketing. We can be confident that the safety, rights and well being of the trial participants is assured. Our objective is therefore clear: to continue to build the knowledge capital that we hope will save lives and reduce human suffering. We all hope that the trial treatment will reduce deaths from the global trauma epidemic, the vicious plague that slaughters over 5 million people per year, most of them in the prime of their youth. But whatever the data show, they will be a valid and permanent contribution, a gift from the doctors of today to those of tomorrow. The knowledge that we are generating will not be limited by national boundaries, nor by the ability of users to pay for it. The trial is recruiting patients in 40 countries and its results will be vigorously disseminated around the world. In these difficult economic times our collaborative effort is something special and a cause for celebration! |
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| milestones - thank you! | |
| 500 PATIENTS RANDOMISED | |
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Many congratulations to Hesham Elsayed and the whole CRASH2 team at Suez Canal University Hospital Egypt for this fantastic achievement! |
| 250 PATIENTS RANDOMISED | |
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| 100 PATIENTS RANDOMISED | |
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| 50 PATIENTS RANDOMISED | |
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| first patient randomised - congratulations! | |
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| new ethics approvals - welcome to CRASH2! |
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welcome new sites until May 2009 – no later.
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CAMEROON |
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COLOMBIA Maria Fernanda Jimenez, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio Alfredo Constain, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe |
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SALVADOR Maria Virginia Rodriguez Funes, Hospital Nacional Rosales |
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GHANA Ransford Paul Selasi Sefenu, Sogakope District Hospital Yusuf Adamu Al-Hassan, Nyinahin Government Hospital Theodore Boro, Saint Theresa's Hospital Sampson Sarpong-Peprah, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital |
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INDIA Ketan Shah, Usha Hospital Tanmoy Das, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals A K Shrivastava, Mahakoshal Hospital Hoshedar Tata, Krishna Hospital & Medical Research Centre Shiv Kumar, Shalimar Hospital Govind Purohit, Mansarovar Hospital Prakash Kumar Khetan, Jeevan Jyoti Hospital & Research Centre Kantibhai Agaja, Krishna Surgical Hospital & Trauma Care Centre Govindnarayan Malpani, Suyash Hospital Bala Vidyasagar, Dr Jeyasekharan Medical Trust Vithal Nath Das, Goyal Hospital & Research Centre, Jodhpur K V Santosh, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre Aman Prabhugaonkar, Chikitsa Hospital Aniket Shah, Saykhedkar Hospital & Research Centre Aniket Shah, Shreejee Hospital Naresh Shetty, M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital Ganapathi Poogavana, Mangala Hospital & Kidney Foundation Hardik Shah, Shreeji Orthopaedic & ENT Hospital |
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INDONESIA Faisol Ama, Muhammadiyah Lamongan Hospital |
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IRAN Esmaeil Haji Nasrollah, Loqman Medical Center |
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MALAYSIA Fatahul Laham bin Mohamed, Alor Setar Hospital Ridzuan Dato Mohd Isa, Ampang Hospital Mohd Yusof Abd Wahab, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Sabariah Faizah Jamaluddin, Sungai Buloh Hospital |
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NIGERIA Ramatu Hassan, Federal Medical Centre Birnin-Kebbi Andrea Jogo, Federal Medical Centre Makurdi |
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SOUTH
AFRICA Lee Wallis, George Provincial Hospital |
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SPAIN Ana Belen Serrano Romero, Hospital Ramon y Cajal de Madrid |
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THAILAND Uppapat Jantapimpha, Chiangrai Prachanuko Hospital Wicheanrat Chamnongwit, Phrae Hospital Pusit Subsompon, Rayong Hospital Phaiboon Pensuwan, Roi-Et Hospital |
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KINGDOM Simon Smith, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Rajan Paw, Russells Hall Hospital Jonathan Argall, Blackpool Victoria Hospital |
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ZAMBIA Charles Chengo, Nchanga North General Hospital |
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| CRASH-2 around the world | |
 Nigeria national meeting in December 2008 |
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CRASH2 team at Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul, Colombia, and PI Carlos Morales |
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 CRASH2 team at Suratthani Hospital, Thailand, with PI Sakchai Tangchitvittaya |
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 CRASH2 team at National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria, with PI Oluwole Olaomi |
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 CRASH2 team at Baptist Medical Centre, Nigeria, with PI Ambrose Attansey |
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 CRASH2 team at Hospital San Felix ESE, Colombia |
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 Derbyshire Royal Infirmary UK, with PI Dan Becker |
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 Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute team in India, with PI Narayana Reddy |
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 CRASH2 team at Hospital San Andres de Tumaco, Colombia |
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CRASH2 team at Hospital Nacional Hipolito Unanue, Peru, with PI Alonso Soto Tarazona and Peru national co-ordinator Jaime Miranda. |
 NOTE THE FETCHING DETAIL IN THE JACKETS! |
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Gia Tomadze (second from left) from Tbilisi City Hospital #1, Georgia, came to see us at the Co-ordinating Centre with his wife, while visiting London in January. As you can see he made us all very happy, so do let us know if you are in London and come in for a cup of tea! |
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As CRASH2 collaborators, I thought you would be interested in the titles of Cochrane systematic reviews related to traumatic brain injury. The reviews listed below are currently published on the Cochrane Library (www3.interscience.wiley.com). Spanish language translations are available at www.bibliotecacochrane.net/Clibplus/ClibPlus.asp. Most countries have a subscription to the Cochrane Library. If you are unable to access the reviews, feel free to contact me. |
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