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Our Research

Inspiring a new generation of precision medicine

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First-in-human and proof-of-concept trials have successfully validated PlaqueTec’s LBS technology; trans-plaque signals revealed for numerous proteins 
(West, N. E. J. et al. JACC:
Basic to Translational Science
2, 646-654, 2017)

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Currently recruiting, BIOPATTERN will take a step further: endotyping a 300 patient CAD cohort, generating a unique data platform to inform the development of precision medicine in CAD

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Subsequent planned trials will target additional specific clinical and ethnic phenotypes
The BIOPATTERN trial in 90 seconds
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Trial Steering Committee

Chair

Dr Peter Libby

Cardiologist, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
President, International Atherosclerosis Society
Executive Editor, European Heart Journal

Chief Investigator

Dr Stephen Hoole

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Cambridge

  

Dr Tom Johnson 

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute, UK

Associate Professor, University of Bristol

 

Prof Sheila Francis

Professor of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Sheffield, UK

 

Prof Adam Butterworth

Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, UK

The BIOPATTERN trial is advised by a renowned panel of clinical and scientific experts: 
300 patients from across the UK with established CAD
LBS trans-plaque blood sampling
Extensive clinical and demographic data capture
OCT imaging
Genome-wide SNP array
Olink 3000+ protein analysis of samples
Wide-ranging additional exploratory analysis
BIOPATTERN:
Site of disease BIOmolecule capture and analysis in PATienTs with established coronary disease undERgoing iNtracoronary assessment.
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