September Recruitment Update

Following the summer months OCTOPUS has a total of 575 participants randomised!

Thank you to all sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitment over the summer!

As of 02-September-25 there are 672 participants screened for Octopus and 575 randomised.

Check out the table below to see how each site is doing as of 02-Sep-2025:

Site Number Screened Number Randomised
UCLH (London) 173 152
University Hospital Southampton (Southampton) 72 51
The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic (Edinburgh) 79 64
Royal Hallamshire Hospital (Sheffield) 51 45
Belfast City Hospital (Belfast) 66 59
Leeds General Infirmary (Leeds) 36 31
University of Wales (Cardiff) 27 23
Poole Hospital (Poole) 28 26
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (Coventry) 46 41
Royal Victoria Infirmary (Newcastle) 22 17
Queens Medical Centre (Nottingham) 19 17
Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) 11 10
Morriston Hospital (Swansea) 11 11
Southmead Hospital (Bristol) 12 11
Queen's Hospital (Romford) 19 17
Total 672 575

Octopus is funded by the MS Society with supported funding from MS Australia and MSWA for the Australian extension Platypus