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Contact Information:

Dr Mohammed Kamran 00441216673007
director@futuregenetics.co.uk


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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - EMPOWER-1: A Multi-site Clinical Cohort Research Study to Reduce Health Inequality

EMPOWER-1: A Multi-site Clinical Cohort Research Study to Reduce Health Inequality

Recruiting

Open to: ALL

Age: 6.0 - N/A

Medical Conditions

Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Ischemic Stroke
Kidney Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Atrial Fibrillation
Cardiovascular Diseases
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Coronary Disease
Mental Disorders


This information is provided directly by researchers, and we recognise that it isn't always easy to understand. We are working with researchers to improve the accessibility of this information. In some summaries, you may come across links to external websites. These websites will have more information to help you better understand the study.


Health inequality and genetic disparity are a significant issue in the United Kingdom (UK).

This study focuses on diseases that are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the UK, and specifically examines the extent and basis of treatment failure in different patient populations.

The vast majority of drug registration clinical trials have under-representation of ethnic minority populations. In addition, the wider Caucasian populations have reasonably different clinical characteristics to the population that participated in the drug licencing clinical trials. A consequence of this is that drugs are licensed for use in real-world general patient populations where the clinical trial results are simply not statistically significant to specifically demonstrate efficacy or safety in populations that were either absent or under-represented in the drug registration clinical trials. When these facts are considered alongside data that supports significant under-reporting of adverse events in the real-world setting within the UK (and globally, e.g the USA and Europe), it highlights that pharmacovigilance systems are unable to capture drug effectiveness and safety data in a manner that can reasonably assure appropriate prescribing in the wider patient populations.

This large real-world research study aims to identify whether commonly prescribed drugs are effective in treating illnesses that cause significant poor health and death in the different patient populations that represent the UK.

The goal of this study is to generate large quantitative data-sets that may inform clinical practice to reduce the existing health inequality and genetic disparity in the UK.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Feb 2020 Feb 2028

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You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Future Genetics, The Science Centre, Wolverhampton Science Park
    Wolverhampton
    West Midlands
    WV10 9RU


The study is sponsored by Future Genetics Limited




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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT03987633
Last updated 05 March 2025

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