TOAST Study

NPEU CTU stand at the BAPM Annual Conference

📢The NPEU Clinical Trials Unit is here at the BAPM conference today 👋
Find us on the way to the poster room. Do come by and have a chat and find out about our trials #BAPMtogether
@bapmofficial.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @npeu-ctu.bsky.social

🍞TOAST Study has received regulatory approvals! 🍞
We have now commenced site set-up, and will open 12-15 UK specialist neonatal surgical units to recruitment from November 2025. For more information - npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast

@npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @nigeljhall.bsky.social

Did you have a baby that had meningitis in their first 3 months of life?

We're inviting parents to join a research advisory group to help guide and design a new study about babies with bacterial meningitis.

If you're interested in taking part or have any questions, please get in touch.

The BOBBi study is being set up at the NPEU CTU!

A NIHR funded research study looking at the use of steroids to treat bacterial meningitis in babies under 3 months old.

Recruitment is due to start in Summer 2026.

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Happy International #ClinicalTrialsDay! #CTD2025

At the NPEU CTU, we run clinical trials about pregnancy, childbirth and the neonatal period. 🫄

Watch our video below to see what we're working on! 👇

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📢We are developing a new study looking at treatments that may help improve care for Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE).📢
If you have a child who received cooling therapy for HIE and are interested in taking part in an online focus group please get in touch. @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

A national survey has been launched to identify the top research priorities in perinatal mental health.
Find out more: prioritiseperinatal.co.uk

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙Watch our video to see the final set of nominations! Huge thanks from all of us at
@npeu-oxford.bsky.social @neogastrictrial.bsky.social @themamastudy.bsky.social

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙 Watch our video to see the second round of nominations!
Huge thanks from all of us at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social for your hard work and dedication! 👏
@npeu-oxford.bsky.social

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙 Watch our video to see the first round of nominations!
Huge thanks from all of us at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social for your hard work and dedication! 👏
@npeu-oxford.bsky.social

The SurfON Trial Recruitment Successfully Concludes - a final total of 1515 participants 🥰

A huge well done to everyone that has made this trial possible 👏🎉

We're celebrating International Midwives Day & International Nurses Day 2025 at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social! Thank you to all the amazing midwives and nurses who support our trials — we couldn’t do it without you!👏 #IDM2025 #IND2025 @npeu-oxford.bsky.social
Look out for our videos over the next 2 weeks📷

It’s been a busy start to the year with the DOLFIN and SurfON trials both completing recruiting 👏🎉 and our new trial @themamastudy.bsky.social launching 🚀
You can find more details of our recruiting trials here bit.ly/NPEUCTU_Trials
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We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete! | DOLFIN | NPEU The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) is a multidisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford. Our work involves running randomised con

We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete!

Read the full article here: bit.ly/DOLFIN_Complete

A huge thank you to everyone involved for your amazing teamwork and support.
@npeu-oxford.bsky.social

We have our next webinar on 14th May. Expert talks on patient/family journey with Oesophageal atresia and TOF. We are also launching our OA best practice standards.

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This year #WorldHealthDay focuses on maternal and newborn health. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social’s research on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn babies is crucial to public and population health sciences, clinical care, and health policy development.

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl

#HopefulFutures

TOFS | OA/TOF Support < Charity offering lifelong support for those born unable to swallow TOFS is a UK charity offering lifelong support to people born with OA/TOF and who are unable to swallow.

If you require support, please complete the form at tofs.org.uk/get-support/

To order copies of our leaflets, please go to tofs.org.uk/shop/

And for all other information, please visit tofs.org.uk

The TOAST 🍞 Trial Manager really enjoyed meeting the delegates @bapmofficial.bsky.social Spring Conference last week - it was great to talk to you all about TOAST Study and the other trials running with @npeu-ctu.bsky.social. If you missed us, see you at the BAPM Annual Conference!