Evaluating safety and efficacy of carbon dioxide insufflation during open heart valve surgery: a multicentre placebo controlled, blinded RCT (ISRCTN30671536)

Bristol, UK
Joined May 2021
The CO2 study, run by @BrsTrialsCentre is getting ready to open to recruitment with sites now in set upπŸ₯³. If you are site that is interested in taking part please check out our webpage:bristoltrialscentre.blogs.br… #cardiacsurgeryresearch #neurprotection #RCT
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Congratulations to @BlackpoolHosp for recruiting their first patient to the CO2 Study this! Here’s to many more!
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We were so excited by our 200th participant last week, we forgot to tweet! Thanks so much to the wonderful site staff for getting us this far @SouthTees @ACUSouthTees @BHIBristol @OUH_Research @UHSussex @UHSFT @UHP_NHS @HullHospitals @uhbwNHS @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison
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Delighted to announce we have just opened our 8th site @BlackpoolHosp Thanks to the team for all their hard work and great to have you on board! @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison
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What's that, @SouthTees @ACUSouthTees just recruited the 150th @co2study participant!! Amazing work from ALL our sites πŸ™ŒπŸ‘ @BHIBristol @OUH_Research @UHSussex @UHSFT @UHP_NHS @HullHospitals @uhbwNHS @bengibbison @BrsTrialsCentre #clincialtrials #neuroprotection #research
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Well done to the cardiac research team at @HullHospitals for randomising their first this morning πŸ₯³ - that's 138 participants in @co2study now - brilliant work from all our sites #clinicalresearch #brainprotection #insufflation @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison
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Happy international clinical trials day 2023 πŸ₯³. Excitingly @BMJ_Open published the CO2 study protocol paper πŸ€“, go have a read... bitly.ws/F6ph PS - We're still taking on new sites, get in touch if you want to take part! @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison @uhbw #research
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Celebrating #IWD2023 by showing off the great women in the @co2study team. Not just our lovely team at @BrsTrialsCentre but also the women who work at #NHS sites and sit on our oversight committees. Thank you #IWD2023 @bengibbison
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...and that is the 100th @co2study participant randomised! πŸ₯³πŸ™Œ Amazing work from the incredible team at @SouthTees @ACUSouthTees @EnochAkowuah1 @carmen_neave @anthdon86 @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison
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Excited to be starting 2023 with @HullHospitals @co2study site initiation visit this morning and welcoming them to the CO2 family!πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘§ @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison #clinicalresearch #carbondioxideinsufflation
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As 2022 comes to a close, we want to say a huge thanks to the wonderful research teams and participants taking part in the @co2study, we could not do it without you. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Have a safe and happy festive period and and even better 2023 πŸ₯³πŸŽ…πŸ§ #clinicaltrials #brainprotection
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Early present from the lovely @OUH_Research team who just randomised the 90th @co2study participant, amazing work!! πŸ₯³πŸ‘πŸŽ…#clinicalresearch #brainprotection @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison @OUHospitals .... who will get the 100th?!?
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Something's in the air @UHSResNurses just randomised the 70th @co2study participant this morning - HUGE well done to all our amazing sites @BHIBristol @OUH_Research @OUHospitals @UHP_NHS @DerrifordNurses @SouthTees @ACUSouthTees @UHSussex @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison #research
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Doing our best at looking professional with our poster about econsent in @co2study at #ICTMC2022 today
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Well done to the team @SouthTees who have just randomised their first @co2study participant into the trial - keep up the good work team!! πŸ§ πŸ‘πŸ₯³ @bengibbison @BrsTrialsCentre #clinicaltrial #neuroprotection
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Time for a Tuesday #happydance!! @BHIBristol have just gone and recruited the 50th @co2study participant, closely followed by the 51st from @UHSFT. Huge well done to our recruiting sites for your hard work πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ @bengibbison @BrsTrialsCentre #brainprotection #ClinicalTrials
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Obvs were biased! CO2 Chief Investigator @bengibbison nominated for @TheBHF Heart Hero Award - well done Ben and team! who you voting for?? #clinicalresearch #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
Vote for @TheBHF Heart Hero Awards! Show some❀️for our researcher @bengibbison and his team. They're looking at improving outcomes for patients after heart surgery by using cortisol levels to predict inflammation News bit.ly/3dJ137e Vote bit.ly/3AwwFpA
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Vote for @TheBHF Heart Hero Awards! Show some❀️for our researcher @bengibbison and his team. They're looking at improving outcomes for patients after heart surgery by using cortisol levels to predict inflammation News bit.ly/3dJ137e Vote bit.ly/3AwwFpA
Chuffed our abstract on the evaluation of e-consent in @co2study was accepted for a poster at the @ictmc2022 in October! Harrogate here we come!! @BrsTrialsCentre @bengibbison #trialmethodology #posterpaints πŸ€“βœοΈπŸ§ 
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