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                    <title>Important Changes to the InCTU (Formerly known as the MRC CTU)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[From April 2026, the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL has become the UCL Innovative Clinical Trials Unit.
The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL has alwa... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/april/important-changes-to-the-inctu-formerly-known-as-the-mrc-ctu/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <title>March 2026 Recruitment Update</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[As of March OCTOPUS has a total of 736&#160;participants randomised!
Thank you to&#160;all&#160;sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitment!
As of 31-Mar... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/march/march-2026-recruitment-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 March 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Dr Jeremy Chataway Explains Why Everybody Experiences MS Differently</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Octopus Principal Investigator and Consultant Neurologist and Professor Dr Jeremy Chataway explains why everybody experiences MS differently – in unde... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/march/dr-jeremy-chataway-explains-why-everybody-experiences-ms-differently/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 March 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Dr Jeremy Chataway Answers Your Most Asked Questions</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Octopus Principal Investigator and Consultant Neurologist and Professor Dr Jeremy Chataway answers some of your most asked MS questions - from the nex... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/march/dr-jeremy-chataway-answers-your-most-asked-questions/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 03 March 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Dr Jeremy Chataway Talks About The Octopus Trial</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Octopus Principal Investigator and Consultant Neurologist and Professor Dr Jeremy Chataway tells us how Octopus will transform the way we test treatme... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/february/dr-jeremy-chataway-talks-about-the-octopus-trial/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/february/dr-jeremy-chataway-talks-about-the-octopus-trial/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 26 February 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>February 2026 Recruitment Update</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[As of February OCTOPUS has a total of 705 participants randomised!
Thank you to all sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitment!
As of 23-... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/february/february-2026-recruitment-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 February 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Belfast MS Society Call for Registration</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join a world-first MS trial in Northern Ireland!
The Octopus trial is transforming how we test treatments for progressive MS - and we&#39;re looking for ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/february/belfast-ms-society-call-for-registration/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/february/belfast-ms-society-call-for-registration/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 February 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>January 2026 Recruitment Update</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/january/january-2026-recruitment-update/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Following the winter holidays OCTOPUS has a total of 677 participants randomised!
Thank you to all sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitm... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/january/january-2026-recruitment-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2026/january/january-2026-recruitment-update/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 January 2026 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus has now opened in Australia!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/october/australia-platypus-update/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We would like to share the exciting news that our first Australian site has just opened at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. The site have a... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/october/australia-platypus-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/october/australia-platypus-update/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 28 October 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>September Recruitment Update</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the summer months OCTOPUS has a total of 575 participants randomised!

Thank you to all sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitm... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/september/september-recruitment-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/september/september-recruitment-update/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 02 September 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>500 for June!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/june/500-for-june/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[In line with the sunny weather, Octopus has reached an exciting milestone - 500 participants randomised!
A huge thank you goes to all the site staff ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/june/500-for-june/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 June 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>How do we manage your data?</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/june/your-data-and-the-uk-ms-register/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Our collaborators at the MS Register have published a YouTube video explaining how participant data is used when you register for the MS Register and ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/june/your-data-and-the-uk-ms-register/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/june/your-data-and-the-uk-ms-register/
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 June 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Channel 4 features Octopus!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/channel-4-features-octopus/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[On 23 May 2025, Channel 4 aired a special segment on the Octopus trial!
Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald spoke with an Octopus partic... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/channel-4-features-octopus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/channel-4-features-octopus/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>May recruitment news!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-recruitment-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Recruitment for AS2 has picked up, and we will soon hit 500 participants randomised on Octopus - so watch this space for the news!
As of 13-May-25 th... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>May EDI workshop</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-edi-workshop/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[On the 2nd May, another Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) workshop was led by Dr Emma Tallantyre. Emma is a Consultant Neurologist at the Univer... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-edi-workshop/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/may/may-edi-workshop/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus: clinical trial update in Edinburgh</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/octopus-update-in-edinburgh/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[The research team at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic have shared an update on their work in Octopus:
March 2025: Stage two of the Octo... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/octopus-update-in-edinburgh/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/octopus-update-in-edinburgh/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/octopus-update-in-edinburgh/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 31 March 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>March Recruitment News!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/march-recruitment-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Spring has arrived, and alongside new flowers it also brought along new sites for OCTOPUS!
Check out the Sites page to learn more about the new sites... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/march-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/march/march-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 31 March 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>February recruitment News</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/february-recruitment-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[OCTOPUS is going strong into 2025 with 15 participants have been screened and 9 randomised for Analysis Stage 2 (AS2), bringing the total for both sta... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/february-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/february-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 20 February 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>OCTOPUS on the Naked Scientist!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/octopus-on-the-naked-scientist/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Dr Emma Gray, the head of clinical Trials at the MS Society, was recently featured on a Naked Scientists&#39; Science Podcast.
This episode of the podcas... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/octopus-on-the-naked-scientist/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/feburary/octopus-on-the-naked-scientist/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 20 February 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>January Recruitment News</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/january/january-recruitment-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!
It&#39;s a new year and OCTOPUS has opened up to a new stage! 9 Participants have been screened and 4 randomised for Analysis Stage 2 (AS... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/january/january-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2025/january/january-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 January 2025 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Final Analysis Stage 1 update!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/december-2024/final-analysis-stage-1-update/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached and exceeded our target for Analysis Stage 1 (AS1) with 384 participants randomised!
Many thanks to all the site staff participat... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/december-2024/final-analysis-stage-1-update/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/december-2024/final-analysis-stage-1-update/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/december-2024/final-analysis-stage-1-update/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 December 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>MS Research Dates</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/ms-research-dates/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[One of Octopus&#39; Personal and Public Involvement representatives, Susan Scott, recently was featured in an episode of MS Society&#39;s Research dates.
She... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/ms-research-dates/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/ms-research-dates/
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 November 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>November Recruitment News!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/november-recruitment-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 382 participants randomised and 441 participants screened meaning we have recruited 110% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375).
... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/november-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/november-2024/november-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 November 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>New Participant Information Sheet and FAQ video</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/new-participant-information-sheet-and-faq-video/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We have created an FAQ and Participant Information Sheet video, to help supplement the current FAQs and Participant Information Sheet available on the... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/new-participant-information-sheet-and-faq-video/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[Please note that the Cardiff Biobank will be closed and unable to receive samples between Monday 28th&#160;Oct&#160; - Friday 1st Nov, apologies for the inconve... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/cardiff-biobank-closure/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/cardiff-biobank-closure/
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 356 participants randomised and 492 participants screened meaning we have recruited 95% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375).
W... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/october-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/october-2024/october-recruitment-news/
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					<description><![CDATA[The Asian MS webinar on the importance of diversity in clinical trials took place on 4th September 2024 at 18:00-19:00.&#160;
The webinar was hosted by As... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/september/asian-ms-octopus-clinical-trial-diversity-webinar/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[Protocol v6.0 has been approved!&#160;
Site staff can access the new protocol, amendments and approval documents in the locked area of the website under t... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/september/new-protocol-amendment-and-participate-quick-guide/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 326 participants randomised and 392 participants screened meaning we have recruited 87% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375).
A... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/september/september-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 302 participants randomised and 370 participants screened meaning we have recruited 81% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375).
W... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/august/august-recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/august/august-recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 August 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members from the OCTOPUS trial team and the patient representative attended the recent MS Frontiers Conference in Liverpool on the 4 and 5 July.
The ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/july/ms-frontiers/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/july/ms-frontiers/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 July 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 277 participants randomised and 375 participants screened meaning we have recruited 74% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375)!
C... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/july/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 July 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this Asian MS webinar we will be exploring the importance of diversity in clinical trials and will be joined by Dr. Emma Tallantyre who will be par... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/june/asian-ms-octopus-and-diversity-in-clinical-trials-webinar/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/june/asian-ms-octopus-and-diversity-in-clinical-trials-webinar/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/june/asian-ms-octopus-and-diversity-in-clinical-trials-webinar/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 17 June 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 245 participants randomised and 303 participants screened meaning we have recruited 65% of our goal for analysis stage 1 (375)!
C... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/june/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/june/recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 06 June 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus update May 2024</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The trial is recruiting well due to the volume of registrations from the MS community and the hard work of our Octopus hospital sites.
So far:

13 ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/octopus-update-may-2024/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/octopus-update-may-2024/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have now reached 228 participants randomised and 283 participants screened. This means we are 22 participants away from hitting 2/3 of our target f... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Equality and Diversity in Octopus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The OCTOPUS trial team are running a programme of work to consider ways to increase diversity in clinical trials. We know that people recruited into c... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/equality-and-diversity-in-octopus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/equality-and-diversity-in-octopus/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/may/equality-and-diversity-in-octopus/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cartoon of orange octopus, with orange music notes next to a cartoon radio
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On 19-Apr-2024 Elisabeth Jarman, who is part of the Southampton Octopus... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/octopus-on-the-radio/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/octopus-on-the-radio/
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 April 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus launch in Belfast</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Octopus launched in Northern Ireland on 12th September 2023.
Since opening the hub site in Belfast has successfully screened 24 participants and rand... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/octopus-launch-in-belfast/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/octopus-launch-in-belfast/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/octopus-launch-in-belfast/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 17 April 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have surpassed 200 participants randomised! And now have screened 251 participants!
Check out the table below to see how each site is doing as of ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/april/recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 April 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have reached 219 participants screened and 165 randomised!
Special recognition goes out to Belfast City Hospital and University Hospital Southampt... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/march/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/march/recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 February 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have reached 187 participants screened and 135 randomised!
This means we have screened enough participants to cover one arm of the trial (&amp;gt;125)... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/feburary/recruitment-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2024/feburary/recruitment-news/
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 February 2024 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the 29th of November 2023, at the MS Research conference in Perth, Australia, it was announced that people with progressive MS in Australia will be... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/december/octopus-is-launching-in-australia/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/december/octopus-is-launching-in-australia/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 05 December 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>New podcast about Octopus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A four-part series about the Octopus trial has been produced by the Trial Talk podcast at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.
The episodes explore t... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/october/new-podcast-about-octopus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/october/new-podcast-about-octopus/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/october/new-podcast-about-octopus/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 October 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus scientific articles published following December International MS trials conference!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[As&#160;previously reported&#160;in February by Susan Scott, one of our patient representatives, Octopus had a presence at the International Advisory Committee ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/october/octopus-scientific-articles-published-following-december-international-ms-trials-conference/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 October 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The next version of the Octopus Protocol&#160;and&#160;associated documents has been released for trial teams today for approval at their sites and implementati... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/september/release-of-updated-octopus-protocol/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/september/release-of-updated-octopus-protocol/
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 September 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Belfast City Hospital and University Hospital Dorset at Poole teams join Octopus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to welcome two more Octopus hospital sites, one at Belfast City Hospital and another at University Hospital Dorset, at Poole.&#160;We look... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/september/belfast-and-poole/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/september/belfast-and-poole/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/september/belfast-and-poole/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 21 September 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>University Hospital of Wales opens to recruitment</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[llongyfarchiadau! (Congratulations! in Welsh/Cymraeg)
On the 26th of July, University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff opened to recruitment for Octopus.... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/august/cardiff/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/august/cardiff/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/august/cardiff/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 01 August 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus at Downing Street</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Representatives from the MS Society attended Downing Street this week for a roundtable meeting to discuss challenges faced by people living with progr... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/octopus-in-downing-st/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/octopus-in-downing-st/
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                    <title>Royal Hallamshire Hospital open to recruitment</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/sheffield-opening-announcement/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield is open to recruitment in the Octopus trial.&#160;
This increases the number of Oc... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/sheffield-opening-announcement/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <title>Leeds General Hospital now open to Octopus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that Leeds General Hospital has opened to recruitment for the Octopus trial.&#160;
Congratulations to the Leeds site team!... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/leeds-opening-announcement/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/july/leeds-opening-announcement/
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 July 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic (Edinburgh) first participant randomised</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/anne-rowling-regenerative-neurology-clinic-edinburgh-first-participant-randomised/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce that the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic (Edinburgh) have screened and randomised their first Octopus parti... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/anne-rowling-regenerative-neurology-clinic-edinburgh-first-participant-randomised/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 July 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus at Neurology gathering in Belfast</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/abn-news/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Two posters presenting aspects of the Octopus trial were exhibited at the Association of British Neurologists and Irish Institute of Clinical Neurosci... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/abn-news/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 27 June 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic (Edinburgh) and University Hospital Southampton are open to Octopus!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/anne-rowling-regenerative-neurology-clinic-edinburgh-and-university-hospital-southampton-are-open-to-octopus/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that 2 more hospital sites have opened to recruitment for Octopus.&#160; Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology clinic in &#160;Edinburg... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/june/anne-rowling-regenerative-neurology-clinic-edinburgh-and-university-hospital-southampton-are-open-to-octopus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 09 June 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus trial featured on the BBC</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/april/octopus-trial-featured-on-the-bbc/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[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 Neuro... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/april/octopus-trial-featured-on-the-bbc/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/april/octopus-trial-featured-on-the-bbc/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/april/octopus-trial-featured-on-the-bbc/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 04 April 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Patient involvement in the design of the Octopus trial and selection of treatments recognised at international conference on trials in MS</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/february/toronto-meeting/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[This post was authored by Susan Scott, Octopus PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) Representative, member of the Trial Management Group, and Co-Appli... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/february/toronto-meeting/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/february/toronto-meeting/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2023/february/toronto-meeting/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 February 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Next step for Octopus!</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/november/next-step-for-octopus/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Octopus has now received the approvals needed for the trial to proceed.&#160; These are from the Health Research Authority (HRA), Medicines and Healthcare ... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/november/next-step-for-octopus/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/november/next-step-for-octopus/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/november/next-step-for-octopus/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 15 November 2022 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>MS at the Limits </title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/october/ms-at-the-limits/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Octopus featured at a recent educational event on multiple sclerosis.
Prof Jeremy Chataway, the Chief Investigator for the trial, spoke to an audienc... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/october/ms-at-the-limits/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/october/ms-at-the-limits/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/october/ms-at-the-limits/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 20 October 2022 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus trial up for approval by MHRA and Research Ethics Committee</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/august-2022/regulatory-submission/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[The trial team at UCL has recently submitted their application to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and to a Research Eth... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/august-2022/regulatory-submission/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/august-2022/regulatory-submission/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/august-2022/regulatory-submission/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 08 August 2022 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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                    <title>Octopus team publishes article on the trial&#39;s design</title>
                    <comments>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/june/neurology-article/</comments>
					<description><![CDATA[Clinicians and researchers involved in Octopus have published an article in the journal&#160;Neurology. This is one of the first scientific outputs from th... <a href="https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/june/neurology-article/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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                    https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/june/neurology-article/
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                    <guid>https://ms-octopus.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/publications-and-news/news-stories/2022/june/neurology-article/</guid>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 June 2022 00:00:00 </pubDate>
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