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Here you can find all the latest news from the UCL Innovative Clinical Trials Unit (formerly the MRC CTU at UCL). 

In this Trial Talk episode, we speak to James Carpenter and Ed Jabbari about the ACORD collaboration and its potential to change the landscape of clinical research in neurodegenerative diseases.
Cefazolin is a better option than flucloxacillin to treat strap blood infections. Also, penicillin can be used instead of flucloxacillin iIn some cases.
New results from the RAMPART trial found that giving durvalumab alone did not help prevent kidney cancer from coming back after surgery compared to active monitoring.
The REFINE-MS trial will evaluate if people living with relapsing-remitting MS can take treatment less often while keeping their disease activity under control.

An AI technology is effective at planning the delivery of life-saving radiotherapy for cervical cancer and prostate cancer, according to results from a large international trial led by researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). For cervical cancer, 94% of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (350,000 women died in 2022). Ra ...