BASE Trial

Exciting news - we are hosting our first BOBBi Webinar tomorrow! We have sent the Teams link to all sites who have expressed interest, please email us at bobbi@npeu.ox.ac.uk if you would like to join. @NPEU_CTU

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #February11 At the NPEU Clinical Trials Unit, 85% of our team are women. From statisticians to trial managers, we’re proud to celebrate the incredible women driving health research forward. @NPEU_Oxford #WomenInSTEM @Ox_wrh

Exciting news! 📣The SurfON Protocol is now officially published in the Trials Journal! 📖✨ A huge shout-out to all the authors & collaborators who made this publication possible. Read the full publication here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

Today is #ParentMentalHealthDay Parents’ and carers’ mental health is vital to the wellbeing of the whole family. Becoming a parent can be overwhelming, at the @NPEU_Oxford we are committed to continuing our research to improve perinatal care and support parental wellbeing.💜

🌟80 recruits! 🌟 80 babies have been recruited to the @BASEtrial! Thank you & well done to the team at Birmingham Heartlands for recruiting the 80th baby! @uhbtrust @UHBResearch @NPEU_Oxford @NPEU_CTU

Congratulations and well done to the team at William Harvey Hospital for recruiting their first baby to the @BASEtrial 🙌@EKHUFT @ResearchHarvey First recruit of 2026! ✨ @NPEU_Oxford @NPEU_CTU

Merry Christmas wishes from the @BASEtrial 🎄✨

Wishing everyone a very #MerryChristmas 🎄and a #HappyNewYear 🎉from the @NPEU_CTU. Thanks to all our wonderful participants, our incredible site staff that help us to deliver the research and to our brilliant team at the NPEU CTU 💞 Here’s to 2026! @NPEU_Oxford

What is the BOBBi Trial? 🤔 Prof. Paul Heath introduces our study on steroids for babies with bacterial meningitis. 📢 We’re looking for UK recruitment sites! Scan the QR code in the video or contact the BOBBi team at @NPEU_CTU @DrCGale

The TOAST Trial Manager is running the @NPEU_CTU stand at @Neonatal_Update today - do come and say hello👋 and have a chat about our NPEU trials! @NPEU_Oxford @BOBBi_Study @neogastric @BASEtrial @TheMAMAStudy

Big news: We've reached 75 recruits! Thank you to our recruiting sites for helping us achieve this incredible milestone 🙌 @NPEU_Oxford @NPEU_CTU

Today is #WorldPrematurityDay2025 and we want to take a moment to remember how important it is to keep developing evidenced based care for premature babies. Since 1978 @NPEU_CTU have specialised in researching this very special group of babies ♥️ @Blisscharity #NeonatalVoices

Are you pregnant or planning a pregnancy? Do you have arthritis which is being treated with a biologic? Find more information, including how you can be involved: ➡️ npeu.ox.ac.uk/mama/participa… @NPEU_CTU @NPEU_Oxford @TheMAMAStudy @Marianfknight @kate_duhig

At BAPM today? Come and find out about our new trial, BOBBi, at the NPEU Clinical Trials Unit stand. #BOBBistudy is looking at steroids to treat bacterial meningitis in babies. Looking forward to seeing you there! #BAPMtogether @BAPM_Official @BOBBiStudy @NPEU_CTU @NPEU_Oxford

📢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 @BAPM_Official @NPEU_CTU @NPEU_Oxford

60 babies have been recruited to the @BASEtrial 🌟 Congratulations & thank you to our recruiting sites! 👏 Shout out to Birmingham Heartlands Hospital for recruiting the 60th baby! @uhbtrust @UHBResearch @NPEU_Oxford @NPEU_CTU

🍞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 @NPEU_Oxford @nigel_j_hall @IainYardley

The BOBBi study is being set up at the NPEU CTU! A @NIHRresearch funded 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. @NPEU_CTU @NPEU_Oxford

Congratulations to the team at Luton & Dunstable Hospital for recruiting their first two participants last week! 👏 @LandDHospital Amazing work! 🙌 @NPEU_CTU @NPEU_Oxford

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! 📷 @neogastric @dolfin @surfon @basetrial @themamastudy @toast_study @npeu_oxford