The NICE FIT study results have been published in Gut!
The study has been published open access and is free to read for everyone at the below link.
This publication marks the culmination of many years of hard work by hundreds of researchers throughout England, and the participation of thousands of patients; many thanks to everyone who took part.
https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2020/10/06/gutjnl-2020-321956
In the 2020 meeting of the Associatio of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland, Nigel D’Souza was awarded the BJS Prize for research from the NICE FIT Study on FIT in patients with high risk symptoms.
The BJS Prize is the most prestigious research prize in colorectal surgery in the UK, and indicates the importance of the study.
Read our abstract, published in Colorectal Disease here.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/codi.15167
A video of the presentation can be watched at the following link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=lpMi2CPPKjI&feature=emb_logo
Since the NICE FIT study closed to recruitment, the study team have been hard at work, analysing and writing up the study results. We have been invited to present some of our results at the following prestigious scientific conferences.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology
The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: Moynihan Prize Session
The Associatin of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland: BJS Prize Session
The British Society of Gastroenterolog
As many of these meetings will be held virtually this year, some presentations will be available online; details will be posted here on this website.
Stay safe and well.
The NICE FIT Study has met its recruitment target, and has now closed. Data has been uploaded from all participating sites. A process of quality assurance is being completed before analysis of the results begins. Thanks to all patients that took part in the study, as well as the research teams at each hospital site that invited them to participate. Once the results have been published, a link will be uploaded to this website.
We have achieved our recruitment target, with over 11 000 patients recruited to the NICE FIT study. Recruitment is still ongoing to our substudies.
Read more about FIT in the following articles by our NICE FIT investigators.
British Journal of General Practice: Faecal Immunochemical Testing in General Practice
Torbay has now become our most south-westerly site recruiting to NICE FIT! Wecome!
Further representation from the West Midlands as Walsall joins NICE FIT. Great to have you on board!
GSTT has joined the NICE FIT study! We want to optimise the diversity of our recruited patients, to ensure that FIT works for all people in London and England. We are delighted to welcome the team at GSTT, who will be offering patients the chance to participate in this research.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and East Cheshire NHS Trust have been activated! These hospitals are now offering their patients in Swindon and Macclesfield the opportunity to take part in the largest study of FIT in symptomatic patients in England. Welcome and we look forward to collaborating with you!
Welcome West Suffolk NHS Trust to the NICE FIT Study! We are so pleased that your hospital will offer patients in Suffolk the opportunity to take part in this study that will improve care for patients throughout England.
We are delighted to have activated Hampshire Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, also known as Winchester and Basingstoke Hospitals! Every hospital in Wessex is now recruiting to NICE FIT-- except for one, which will be shortly joining the study. Thanks to the R+D teams in HHFT.
We are glad to have new partner sites in England on board: the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, and Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals. Welcome to the NICE FIT Study!
Recruitment in Kent, Surrey and Sussex has dramatically expanded with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust joining the NICE FIT Study. We are delighted to have this centre of academic and clinical excellence contributing to our study. Welcome!
We are looking for a motivated applicant (no research experience required) to apply for a 1 year, full time, full salary research fellowship that has been shortlisted by RM Partners for the NICE FIT study (link attached below).
Outcomes from the fellowship:
This job is open to anyone with an interest in clinical research: not only doctors!
Please contact nigel.d'souza@nhs.net for further information.
Last week we announced that we had recruited over 2000 patients in our study. This week, our recruitment has accelerated with 2300 patients taking part. Thank you to all of our partner sites for their hard work. With over 20 sites in the process of opening in addition to our current sites, we will have a strong evidence base for FIT to benefit our patients!
Nigel D'Souza, co-investigator for the NICE FIT Study has won the travelling fellowship from The Royal Society of Medicine Coloproctology Section, for his abstract on the pilot data from the NICE FIT Study. He will travel to Lisbon in May to present the groundbreaking research from Croydon, which is the first study in an ethnically diverse population in England. This work would not have been possible without collaboration between the Guildford Bowel Cancer Screening Hub, Alpha Laboratories, and the R+D and Endoscopy staff at Croydon University Hospital.
We are proud that the first site in the North to open the NICE FIT study is the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. Our most northern site had previously been St Mark's in Harrow, NW London! The data from Wigan, and sites across England will ensure FIT results are applicable for all patients in England.
