The UK bronchiectasis network and biobank
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BRONCH-UK is a multidisciplinary collaboration between more than 9 UK universities and brings together basic scientists and clinicians with an integrated programme of translational research for bronchiectasis
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The United Kingdom Bronchiectasis Registry (BRONCH-UK) is a national research database and biobank of adults with bronchiectasis.
The United Kingdom Bronchiectasis Registry (BRONCH-UK) is a national research database and biobank of adults with bronchiectasis.
The aim is to facilitate clinical trials and academic research studies in order to improve our understanding of what causes bronchiectasis and to find better, more effective treatment for people with this condition.
The project is an initiative of the Bronchiectasis Research Academic network (BRAN) and funded by the Medical Research Council.
BRAN is a national network of doctors, allied healthcare professionals and scientists across the UK with the aims to promote good clinical care and facilitate research and communication among clinicians and researchers in Bronchiectasis.
Members of BRAN have worked on several single centre and national multi-centre clinical studies and developed the Bronchiectasis severity index (BSI)
Latest News
6th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference
The deadline for submitting abstracts to the 6th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference has been extended to the 15th March, 2023.
Information on how to do this can be found here https://www. …
Read MoreThe 3rd Bronchiectasis Patient Conference – Sunday, 12th March 2023
Following the success of the previous two bronchiectasis patient conferences, EMBARC clinicians have continued to work with the ELF patient advisory group to develop the 3rd …
Read MoreEBROW 2023 - Milan, February 2023
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate, and more importantly to actively contribute to the 3rd European Bronchiectasis Workshop (EBROW 2023).
Previous editions of the World …
Read MoreUpcoming bronchiectasis trials
Our collaborators Dundee who oversee the EMBARC network have two bronchiectasis trials which will start very soon and are looking for new sites to join the studies. A brief description of the VITAL- …
Read More5th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference, Prague 2022: Success & NYC '23
The 5th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference 2022 was held in Prague this year (30 June – 2nd July). The event was well attended with wide ranging expertise and considered a huge success. …
Read MoreBronchUK completes recruitment with 1,630 patients involved
BronchUK has now closed to recruitment with 1,630 patients consented to take part in the registry from across 15 UK sites.
Study teams will now focus on completion of patient follow-ups over a five …
Read More5th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference
The 5th WBNC will be held in Prague 30th June – 2nd July 2022 with plans of a hybrid conference experience so those who cannot travel will not miss out!
The late breaking abstract window for …
Read More2nd Bronchiectasis Patient Conference - 27th March 2022
EMBARC clinicians have been working with the ELF patient advisory group to develop the 2nd Bronchiectasis Patient Conference programme. Similar to last year, the conference will be held online and …
Read MoreBronchUK: Successful Recruitment to Time and Target
BronchUK has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement from the Clinical Research Network for succesfully recruiting to time and target.
BronchUK currently has over 1,500 patients recruited …
Read MoreImportant dates for bronchiectasis
Please find below some important dates of interest for bronchiectasis patients, researchers and healthcare professionals.
ERS Congress submission deadline – 22nd February 2022
The deadline …
Read MorePublication Updates
We have updated our publications page with recent papers from our BronchUK collaborators. Abstracts and links to full texts are available - why not take a look: https://www.bronch.ac.uk/latest- …
Read MoreBronchUK Protocol Published
The BronchUK: protocol for an observational cohort study and biobank in bronchiectasis, was published by ERJ Open Research - European Respiratory Society in 2020.
Thank you to all contributors …
Read MoreNovember 2017: The European Respiratory Society Guidelines on Bronchiectasis
The European respiratory society guidelines on bronchiectasis were released in September 2017 . We are delighted that many BronchUk members were key participants in this multnational guidelines …
Read MoreFebruary 2017 - BronchUK team describe new treatment for severe pseudomonas infection
BronchUK team describe new treatment for severe pseudomonas infection in top ranking Respiratory Journal, American Resp. Critical Care Medicine. Press releases from Birmingham and Newcastle …
Read MoreMarch 2017 - BronchUK member publishes new website for patients
BronchUK member publishes new website for patients at www.bronchiectasis.me. The Newcastle team have co-developed with patients a website for patients. It has now gone live.
Read MoreDecember 2016 - BronchUK members are told they have been successfully entered into the European Rare Diseases Network.
BronchUK members are told they have been successfully entered into the European Rare Diseases Network. Members Haworth (Cambridge), Loebinger (Brompton, London) and De Soyza (Newcastle) have been …
Read MoreNovember 2016 - BronchUK members support EMBARC and have applied to access European and UK data to understand similarities and differences in treatment and outcomes in Bronchiectasis.
September 2016 - BronchUK team publish on Pseudomonas and microbial cross infection and evolution in bronchiectasis in the European respiratory journal
This important paper may help define future cross infection control measures.
Read MoreJuly 2016 - BronchUK links with Birmingham and Dundee universities to discover how Pseudomonas evades the immune system
Prof Ian Henderson has been awarded a grant to extend work from the J Exp Med Paper 2014 Wells et al assessing “blocking antibodies” . Co-applicants Chalmers (Dundee) and De Soyza ( …
Read MoreNewcastle leading recruitment in a national Bronchiectasis research study
A greater understanding into Bronchiectasis is at the forefront of the work carried out by the Freeman Hospital's Respiratory Research Team in the Bronch UK Study.
This month Freeman's team …
Read MoreBronchUK, Bronchiectasis and the 100,000 genomes project
BronchUK are delighted to announce the consortium's very active involvement with the ground breaking 100,000 genomes project.
A number of consortium members helped in the bidding process for …
Read MoreBronchiectasis in the news 'Dickensian lung disease bronchiectasis on rise among pensioners'
Read the article here
Read MoreBronch-UK Researchers at the European Respiratory Society Meeting – September 2015
Bronch-UK researchers are involved in a number of poster and spoken presentations at the ERS meeting in Amsterdam in September.
Posters:
Atorvastatin as an anti-inflammatory in bronchiectasis. …
Read MoreBronch-UK Researchers at the British Thoracic Society Meeting – December 2015
Bronch-UK researchers are involved in a number of poster and spoken presentations at the BTS meeting in London in December.
Posters:
Vidya Navaratnam – Admission trends and outcomes of …
Read MoreBronch-UK researchers contributing to €50m programme to develop new antibiotic treatments for cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis.
Bronch-UK researchers are contributing to a €50 million, Europe-wide, project to develop new drugs that could improve the lives of patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis.
The …
Read MoreUK Bronch Registry to Launch 1st November 2014
The MRC funded UK Bronch collaboration will formally launch on the 1st November 2014 with participation from 9 sites across the UK.
Read MoreBronchUK speaker at International Meeting on Asthma COPD and Concomitant Chronic Diseases - Firenze 5-7 March 2015
Tony De Soyza gave a talk at the recent meeting on Asthma, COPD and Concomitant Chronic Diseases Meeting held in Firenze, Italy.
Download BCOS- it matters March 2015 5th De Soyza PDF
Read MoreBritish Thoracic Society Meeting - December 2014
Tony De Soyza presented a talk on Bronchiectasis Pipelines and Networks - see below
Download Bronchiectasis pipelines and networks Dec BTS 2014 De Soyza Churchill
A picture of the packed …
Read MoreUK researchers derive a clinical prediction tool for bronchiectasis
The UK Bronchiectasis network has participated in a multicentre study to derive and validate the first clinical prediction tool for bronchiectasis. The article, published in the American Journal of …
Read MoreUK Network publishes research priorities for bronchiectasis
Dr Anthony De Soyza and colleagues have published the results of a network consultation to define the key research priorities in bronchiectasis. Read the results at http://thorax.bmj.com/content/68/7/ …
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