Information for Centres

Recruitment Tips for Centres

• Identify potential participants early in the treatment pathway through flagging/screening at MDT meetings and/or by screening weekly clinic lists. Brief slide sets for introducing the trial at MDTs are available in the members area.
• A Patient Introductory Leaflet is now available to introduce patients to the trial ahead of (potentially) approaching them later in their treatment pathway.
• Tracking potential participants through their treatment can also be helpful (for example, using a spreadsheet recording treatment appointments which can be regularly reviewed). Please see an example of a screening and registration log for the Upper GI cohort.
• Liaise with Clinical Nurse Specialists in surgical clinics to see if potential participants are willing to be contacted. If a patient is not seen in clinic, the Participant Information Sheet (PIS) can be posted, a cover letter is now available for this.
• Check the FAQs in the members area for answers to some common eligibility queries.

Protocol

For a copy of the current protocol please log in to the members area or contact the trial team: mrcctu.add-aspirin@ucl.ac.uk.

Timing of trial entry

Please click on the relevant cohort to view treatment pathway diagrams.

Breast Colorectal Gastro Prostate

Sample Collection

All participants that are registered in Add-Aspirin will be asked if they consent to donate a blood sample and a tumour sample for future cancer research. Samples should be sent to your centre’s allocated bio-bank. Please refer to the Add-Aspirin Translational Manual and Biobank addresses available in the members area for more information on what to send.

Training

Add-Aspirin Initiation slides and MDT slides are available in the members' area of the Add Aspirin website. Please contact us for more details at mrcctu.add-aspirin@ucl.ac.uk