EMPiRE

newsletter
Summary
Well done to all who assisted with
recruitment. We managed to recruit 516
fully eligible patients, so thank you for
your winning persistence. The days may
be darker and colder and recruitment
may be finished, but we still have lots
to do before Christmas!

Dec 14
Supplies
Over the past month we have been
redistributing supplies to sites, most sites
now have exchanged supplies. If you realise
you need dx boxes or blood kits please let
us know so we can arrange supplies to be
sent to you asap. Please contact Maria &
Anthony.
Maria Email: m.damico@qmul.ac.uk
Anthony Email: a.larbi@qmul.ac.uk

Did You Hear?

.the Womens Health
Research Unit at QMUL
(trial office) are on Twitter!
If youre not already
following, please look for @
KT_Network to view updates
about EMPiRE, all other trials
the Womens Health Research
Unit are involved in and general,
current womens health research
findings.

Database
As recruitment has now finished the
primary focus is to complete data collection
forms and enter the data on to the EMPiRE
database. We will be awarding M&S
vouchers to each site as a thank you for
entering the data.
We would like you to have completed data
entry for all patients who have completed
follow up by 19th December, this is to
ensure we can start data querying and data
cleaning as soon as possible.
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Any database related problems and
questions should either be directed to the
coordinating midwife for your site or to Sian
Newton who is temporarily coordinating
the study.
Sian Email: s.newton@qmul.ac.uk
sian.newton@nhs.net

Dec 14
Weve given you an EMPiRE Christmas
Crossword to enjoy!

Participant Diaries
Please continue to regularly send copies of
your EMPiRE diaries to Maria DAmico at
the trial office:
Womens Health Research Unit
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
Blizard Institute
Barts and The London School of Medicine
and Dentistry
Yvonne Carter Building
58 Turner Street
London E1 2AB

Site Close Down

Once we have complete data from a site and
it is entered on to the database, we are able
to begin the close down process for that
site. We kindly ask you all to update and
organise the contents of your investigator
site files as it will make the process a lot
quicker and more efficient. We will arrange
a teleconference with each site to go
through the EMPiRE close down checklist
which can be sent to you beforehand, so
that you can prepare your files.

AOB
Please also remember to recycle any blank
CRFs you may have left over.

Clues
Some of you are in abundance of
supplies, some are lacking.
The condition being studied
The study title
Epileptic women suffer these
The EMPiRE electronic CRF
You have recruited these
To be sent to Maria in the trial office
Taking multiple prescripted drugs for
one condition
This obvious element of a RCT
A type of AED
A main inclusion criterion for the study
Pregnant women receive support from
him/her
Type of seizure
This is to be checked via taking EMPiRE
patients blood

Lastly, wed like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas

and New Year from the trial office.