Trial website now live! shortertrial.com Ethics application submitted ✔️ Setting up sites and seeking more EoI from UK critical care units Check out website and get in touch 👍 National Institute for Health and Care Research @NCLctu Tom Hellyer Paul Dark Danny McAuley @NIHRCRN_NENCumb

Modelling study for why shorter antibiotic durations reduces resistance: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… Shortening course most effective in high transmission settings...bring on the SHORTER trial!

Antibiotic overuse leads to AMR and abx toxicity. Growing evidence that short course ok. BUT may not always be the case and why RCT SO important. Interesting trial in paeds UTI. small increase in treatment failure with short course. Where does this risk/benefit balance sit?

Great to have some Newcastle University posters at #SOA23. Excellent presentations by Zeynep Elcioglu and Chizi ! Newcastle ICU Tony Rostron

Trial set up progressing nicely! THANKS to the 2⃣5⃣ sites that have expressed interest in the trial (amazing!). SHORTER team will be in touch soon to start site set up. National Institute for Health and Care Research @NCLctu Tom Hellyer #antibioticstewardship

It's great to see so many sites interested in research!

Ethics approval obtained 👍 Lots of interest from potential sites! Thanks very much! And thanks to @NIHRCRN_NENCumb for helping to connect to sites. Keen to hear from potential sites in devolved nations - please get in touch if interested 🙏 National Institute for Health and Care Research @NCLctu Tom Hellyer

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Setting up at pace! Great work @NCLctu 💪 Lots of SIVs in the calendar. Trial opening soon! Watch with space! Newcastle University National Institute for Health and Care Research Paul Dark Danny McAuley Tom Hellyer

Interested in joining trial or in set up? Join us #UKCCRF24 today 18.00 Ocean Room 124/15 UKCCRG

First site open! Great work Whittington. Let's go! Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit National Institute for Health and Care Research Newcastle University

Exciting news, the SHORTER trial is now open to recruitment! 🎉

Green light for first 3 sites and first patients recruited this week! Many thanks to patients and families participating, many thanks to all sites working to set up and thanks to Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit for speedy set up! Tom Hellyer Newcastle University National Institute for Health and Care Research

6 sites open and recruitment underway. Amazing start so far! Thanks to all participating sites and to participants engaging in research! Tom Hellyer Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit National Institute for Health and Care Research

Trial is growing. Milton Keynes and Northumbria Trusts green light and recruiting this week! Great work by Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit team and site teams to give patients opportunity to participate in research. Tom Hellyer National Institute for Health and Care Research Newcastle University Jamie Strachan

Fantastic week for the SHORTERtrial. First site engagement meeting with incredible participation. A total of 53 participants have been able to take part in this National Institute for Health and Care Research trial! Thanks to all sites!

Thanks to all sites joining the site engagement meeting today. Amazing progress. Thanks to all sites for the hard work and to patients and families for participating. 12 sites open, more to follow, 120 patients participating in trial. 👏👏👏 Newcastle University National Institute for Health and Care Research

19 sites open and 168 patients have had the opportunity to participate in research! Wow! Incredible work by all the SHORTERtrial sites. Keep up the good work. More sites to open soon. 🎯👏👏👏 National Institute for Health and Care Research Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit Newcastle University Tom Hellyer

We're hiring! The NIHR-funded SHORTERtrial seeks a Senior Research Fellow for the Process Evaluation. A great opportunity for qualitative/mixed-methods researchers to step into a senior role and develop leadership skills Edinburgh Napier University Apply now ⬇️ jobs.ac.uk/job/DLA526/sen…