Two posters presenting aspects of the Octopus trial were exhibited at the Association of British Neurologists and Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience joint meeting that took place in Belfast, on 10th-12th of May 2023. One poster, presented by the UK MS Register's Prof Rod Middleton (pictured) and colleagues, discussed aspects of the Registration of Interest platform for t ...
Trial news
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic (Edinburgh) and University Hospital Southampton are open to Octopus!
We are pleased to announce that 2 more hospital sites have opened to recruitment for Octopus. Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic in Edinburgh and University hospital Southampton. Congratulations to both teams for joining Octopus. For the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic, the news was announced on their website. Please also see their Twitter account for al ...
Octopus trial featured on the BBC
The BBC reported today on the opening of the Octopus trial to recruitment at the Queen Square Centre for MS, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. It was covered on the BBC News (article). Further information is available at the MRC CTU at UCL website. . ...
Patient involvement in the design of the Octopus trial and selection of treatments recognised at international conference on trials in MS
This post was authored by Susan Scott, Octopus PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) Representative, member of the Trial Management Group, and Co-Applicant on the grant that funded the trial. It was originally published in the MS Society's North Herts newsletter. Two of us patient representatives on the Octopus trial were very honoured to fly to Toronto in December to an Intern ...
