The UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium
Welcome to the UK CFGTC website. Our aim is to develop gene therapy for Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
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Multi-Dose Clinical Trial Funding: Latest News 16 March, 2012.
We are delighted to announce that our grant application to the NIHR EME programme to cover the cost of the Multi-Dose non-viral gene therapy trial in CF patients has been successful.
Multi-Dose Clinical Trial Recruitment
Professor Eric Alton, chief investigator, said: "Our application for EME funding required an intensive effort by many members of the Consortium. It was rigorously peer-reviewed, and our success in being awarded the grant is a strong endorsement of both our non-viral gene therapy programme and the clinical trial design. With funding for this key part of the Consortium's programme secure, we will begin preparations for the trial immediately. We would like to thank the EME board for its confidence in us, and also all of those whose support has reinforced our determination to continue the programme for the benefit of CF patients."
The EME researcher-led programme is funded by the MRC and managed by the NIHR on behalf of the MRC-NIHR partnership.
MRC Translational Research Award, Medical Futures Awards, June 2011.We are also pleased to announce that we have been successful in our bid for funding from the Medical Research Council (DPFS) to develop a novel Lentiviral gene therapy product, specifically designed to target cells in the lung efficiently. In 2011, this new viral product earned two Medical Futures Innovation Awards including Best Therapeutic Innovation in the Respiratory Section, and the MRC Best Translational Research Innovation award.
Principal Investigator Dr Deborah Gill said: "The Lentiviral work has been a very exciting aspect of our research programme for several years, but the MRC DPFS funding will give us the much needed opportunity to develop our Lentiviral product for Cystic Fibrosis lung disease, moving us closer to our goal of testing this new product in patients".
Regular updates about the forthcoming trial and progress on our research will be posted on this site.
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