Study Title: Diabetes Alliance for Research in England (DARE)
Local PCRN Contact: Jenny Lee
Tel: 02476 575919
Email: jennifer.lee@warwick.ac.uk
Principal Investigator: Professor Andrew Hattersley Andrew.hattersley@pms.ac.uk
Study Co-ordinator:
Dr Katherine Owen
Funder: Wellcome Trust
Sponsor:
Type of Study: Observational
Intervention: The study will involve an integration of clinical information on patients
from a variety of sources which will be collected on the patient after permission obtained
for recruitment into the study
Control: Non diabetics (not required in this geographical area)
Study Aim:
To create a community wide collaboration between professionals and patients to
provide a research resource enabling a further study into the causes and
complications of diabetes. The study will provide a platform for high quality
research into DNA and develop a database of ‘research ready’ diabetes patients.
Number of Patients Needed:
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500 patients per year within WMS (all areas) until July 2017 (no control patients
needed in our area)
A combination of referral and research sites are required (see information below)
Practice Involvement in the Study: Can participate at one of two levels:
Level 1: Acting as participant identification centre (preferably with under 100 eligible patients)
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Review study documents to familiarise themselves with the trial
Identification of potential patients:
 GP/Surgery staff search the practice database
 GP reviews the patient list to assess suitability
 GP/Surgery staff sends out invitation letter to patient
Level 2: Acting as research site (preferably over 100 eligible patients) Practice required to be GCP train
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Complete Level 1 Activities
Surgery staff receive telephone calls from interested patients and book appointments
Practice nurse/HCA/Clinical Support performs patient visit (approx 40 min) includes:
 Taking informed consent
 Collecting clinical data and completing minimum dataset form
 Collecting blood sample
 Preparing and posting blood sample (to Oxford)
The study team, with the patient’s consent, may ask to look at long term clinical data relating
to participating patients to be collected at a time suitable for the practice.
Study Team Involvement in the Study:
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Practice to be trained on DARE process by member of the DRN (Diabetes Research
Network) team
Dependent upon the practice involvement in the study but on going responsibilities in
collation of further patient data.
Inclusion criteria
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Male and female patients aged over 18 years
Diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
Exclusion criteria
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Unable to provide informed consent
Reimbursement:
Approximately £394.71 for practice set up (referral site) and for Level 2 participation
(recruitment site £13.48 per patient for HCA and £24 for practice nurse)
For further details contact: Jenny Lee Tel: 02476 575919
Email: Jennifer.lee@warwick.ac.uk
Thank you for your interest in this study