ALPHA

Welcome to University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, our latest centre open to recruitment to the ALPHA Study! There are now 120 registered participants for ALPHA- well done everyone and thank you to all our participants.

There are now 80 participants randomised to receive treatment on the ALPHA study- well done everyone! The ALPHA study has now been running for a year- we would like to say a big thank you to all the teams and participants working together to make ALPHA a success

Its National Eczema week this month- look out for our promotional activities!

Our 100th participant has been registered! Congratulations to the ALPHA team at Mid Yorkshire Hospital who recruited this participant, and to all our centres who have recruited.

Welcome to Royal Cornwall Hospital, our 25th site who have recently opened to recruitment on the ALPHA trial. Welcome to Leicester Royal Infirmary, and NHS Fife now opened to recruitment.

More than 70 participants have been registered onto the trial so far – well done to everyone involved.

Welcome to Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust who opened to recruitment. BBC Look North (Yorkshire) features Dr Miriam Wittmann discussing the ALPHA trial – click the link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03tqv2c) to watch the full programme

Welcome to Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust who opened to recruitment. Well done to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and East Surrey Hospital who both recruited their first patient.

Welcome to East Surrey Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Broadgreen hospital Liverpool, Salford Royal hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital (Sheffield), who all opened to recruitment.

Welcome to Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust who both opened to recruitment. Well done to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust who randomised their first patient within one month of opening.