
BATCH Trial
@batch_trial
BATCH is a trial using procalcitonin to guide duration of antibiotic treatment in children with bacterial infection. @LivUni & @CTRCardiffUni
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06-02-2018 18:55:01
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We are celebrating a big recruitment milestone! Congratulations to π₯ Alder Hey π for recruiting our 1500th participant! @NIHRCRN_nwcoast Enitan Carrol π¬π²πΈπ±π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§ π₯³π

We have a portfolio of trials at CTRCardiffUni that address the problem of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. PRONTO Trial BATCH Trial PEACH. The stats truly are sobering! Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe 2022 - 2020 data ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicationβ¦


It gives me great pleasure to share our short co-produced animation about antibiotic resistance with lesson plan and resources bit.ly/3KMPRlf Attitude Performing Arts BATCH Trial @LiverpoolGenR #AntibioticResistance #antibiotics NIHR Involvement

Watch a new co-produced animation (with lesson plan & resources) developed with young people in the βRaising Antibiotic AwarenesS thrOugh Drama in children and Young People' (RApSODY) youtu.be/WKKD2yfDqpE Jenny Preston (Mrs DβArcy in personal life) Enitan Carrol π¬π²πΈπ±π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§ Attitude Performing Arts @LiverpoolGenR @kerryhood


Congratulations and thank you to University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT for being able to support BATCH again and restarting recruitment after the pandemic pause, with the first participant recruited today π₯³ UHDB R&D Ifeanyi Okike Melanie Hayman π Enitan Carrol π¬π²πΈπ±π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§

Congratulations and thank you to @RDsouthampton @southamptonCRF Southampton Children's Hospital for recruiting their 500th participant on Monday!π₯³

1/3 Well we did it! BATCH Trial We opened first site @AHFTResearch 11/6/18,Β and recruited our final and 1942 nd pt today at University Hospital Southampton π. 5 Secretaries of State for Health , 3 Prime Ministers, Brexit, and a pandemic,Β but we still managed to reach target! Well done everyone!

3/3 Thanks to National Institute for Health and Care Research for generous funding, to Cherry-Ann Waldron for keeping the show on the road,Β CTRCardiffUni for trial hosting, @NIHRCRN_nwcoast for support, and all the super Co-Is and PIs too many to name.

Lead PIs Katrina Cathie π Sanjay Patel Saul Faust stephane paulus Jolanta Betnatoniene, Helen Nabwera CTR: Cherry-Ann Waldron Dr Emma Thomas-Jones , Debbie Harris, Judith Evans, Philip Pallmann, @kerryhood , and many others

We are delighted to say we have reached our target and have completed recruitment! Thank you to our wonderful sites for their support and continued efforts. We couldnβt have done it without you! CTRCardiffUni Enitan Carrol π¬π²πΈπ±π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§