Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium (BiSTC)

BiSTC Directors

Professor Peter Brocklehurst

Professor Pamela Kearns

Dr Laura Magill

Professor Dion Morton

Professor Thomas Pinkney

Collaborators

The European Society of Coloproctology, the University of Birmingham, and BiSTC

The European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) has strong links with the University of Birmingham through BiSTC Directors, the Academic Department of Surgery at the University of Birmingham, and the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit. The BiSTC REDCap system is used to host the ESCP audits.

You can find out more about ESPC via the ESPC homepage, and the ESPC cohort studies and audits page. 

Consortium Partners

Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit

The University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) is a research unit in the College of Medicine and Health specialising in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials. We provide an open access consultancy service covering all aspects of trial design, management and analysis.

Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit

The Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) translates cutting edge science into improved patient care, both rapidly and safely, through the design and conduct of large multi-centre/international randomised trials as well as smaller more data intensive phase I trials of novel therapies.

Funders

BiSTC is funded by the following organisations:

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Cancer Research UK
• Rosetrees Trust

Useful links to our collaborators

• Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit
• Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit
• The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• West Midlands Research Training Collaborative
• Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education
• European Society of Coloproctology
• European Society of Coloproctology - International Trials Map
• European Society of Coloproctology - Cohort Studies 
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training 

If you have a query or would like to participate in a Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium Trial please contact:

Dr Laura Magill: e.l.magill@bham.ac.uk

Trials Office: BiSTC@contacts.bham.ac.uk

You can also follow us on social media:

X (Twitter): @BiSTC1