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Positive stories, useful developments and people making a difference in clinical trial.

Stem cell treatment improves sight in first trial for previously untreatable rare eye condition

Stem cell treatment improves sight in first trial for previously untreatable rare eye condition

Patients with aniridia-related keratopathy experienced improved vision after a first-in-human stem cell treatment developed at UCL and Moorfields.

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The Royal Free London clinical trial team involved in the pancreatic cancer RIVER study

First UK patients begin trial of drug designed to help people stay strong enough for pancreatic-cancer treatment

The Royal Free London has treated the first two UK participants in the RIVER study, testing whether Ponsegromab can reduce severe weight and muscle loss during chemotherapy.

Clinical surgery team in an operating theatre

Rectal cancer trial allows four in five patients to avoid major surgery

A five-country trial coordinated in Birmingham found chemoradiotherapy with smaller surgery only when needed allowed four in five early-stage rectal cancer patients to keep their rectum.

Surgical theatre image accompanying University of Birmingham research on rectal cancer treatment

Rectal cancer trial helps four in five patients avoid major surgery

A major international trial coordinated in Birmingham found that an organ-preserving treatment approach allowed four in five patients in one group to keep their rectum after 12 months.