REACT-AVB @AvbReact
Randomised controlled trial of EArly transjugular intrahepatiC porTosystemic stent-shunt in Acute Variceal Bleeding (REACT-AVB). ISRCTN85274829 birmingham.ac.uk/react-avb Joined January 2023-
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Congratulations to Southmead Hospital for recruiting our 51st patient!
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Congratulations to Heartlands Hospital and Derriford Hospital for recruiting our 49th and 50th patients!
Congratulations to Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Queen's Medical Centre for recruiting our 47th and 48th patients!
Exciting news! Aintree University Hospital @nhsUHLG is now our 18th site officially open for recruitment! A huge thank you to Dr Sieberhagen and the brilliant team for their support and hard work in making this possible.
Big news! 🚦 New Cross Hospital is officially cleared to kick off recruitment for REACT-AVB—our 17th trial site! We welcome Dr Townsend and the hospital team!
📢 Join us at the Portal Hypertension SIG Meeting on 12 Sept 2025 in Leeds! The REACT-AVB trial will be spotlighted—plus a chance to meet CI Dhiraj Tripathi & Co-CI David Patch. 📄 Agenda: Download here 📝 Registration: Opening soon!
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Abstract submission – 2 Weeks to go! Prize for the top poster and oral presentation. Deadline: Friday 6th June 2025
🚨 We’re now on Bluesky too! Follow us at @react-avb.bsky.social for the latest trial news & updates. We’re staying active on X, but Bluesky will become our main hub soon—don’t miss out!
Great progress! Royal Free London, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have recently recruited patients to the REACT-AVB trial, bringing our total number of randomised participants to 43!
Exciting news! Queen Alexandra Hospital @PHU_NHS officially open as our 16th trial site! A big thank you to Dr Aspinall and the incredible hospital team for making this happen. Welcome aboard! 👏
NIHR has approved REACT-AVB to move forward to the main trial! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and dedication throughout the pilot phase. This milestone wouldn’t have been possible without your support—and most importantly, the commitment of our participants.
🥳 Huge congrats to Dr Duncan Napier and the team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @NHSGlos for successfully enrolling their first patient in the REACT-AVB trial! 👏
REACT-AVB End-of-Pilot Webinar on 1st April 2025 at 12 p.m. Join us to celebrate our progress and share insights. Microsoft Teams Meeting: Click here to join We look forward to seeing you there! 🎉
Reminder: REACT-AVB is part of the NIHR Associate PI scheme! PIs and site teams, please share this with your colleagues and encourage them to join. For more details, visit: NIHR.ac.uk/AssociatePISch….
REACT-AVB proudly welcomes Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (@gloshospitals) as our 15th trial site! 🙌Huge thanks to PI Dr Duncan Napier & the fantastic Research Team for their amazing cooperation in making this happen!
Exciting news! We have just opened our 14th site today at Southmead Hospital! 🎉 A huge thank you to PI Dr Maurice and the fantastic site research team for their incredible support during the setup! 🙏@NorthBristolNHS
🎉 Exciting update! B'ham Heartlands Hospital @uhbtrust has officially received the green light to start recruitment at their site! Huge thanks to Dr Khan and the fantastic team for their support in making this possible! 🙌
Queen's Medical Centre @nottmhospitals and The Whittington Hospital @WhitHealth have successfully signed up another patient for the trial, boosting our total to 27 patients across the 12 sites currently open. 🎉👏
A huge thanks to our brilliant teams at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh @RIE_Lothian and Good Hope Hospital @uhbtrust for enrolling their first patients in the REACT-AVB trial! 👏👏 So far, we have enrolled 25 participants into the trial!
🎉We're absolutely delighted to announce that Northern General Hospital @SheffieldHosp is joining us as our twelfth trial site for REACT-AVB! A massive thank you to Dr Harrison and the fantastic staff at the hospital for their support and collaboration in making this possible! 👏
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