Drug Repurposing Clinical Trials in People with ME/CFS

Please join us for this online workshop aiming to stimulate drug repurposing studies in people with ME/CFS.

The speakers and discussions will look at drug repurposing including clinical use and research findings, study design, and potential drugs such as low dose naltrexone (LDN).

This is the third in a series of online workshops on clinical research in ME/CFS. The workshops are connected with the Research Working Group set up by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. The workshops aim to raise the profile of ME/CFS clinical research, increase collaboration, attract new researchers and formulate research priorities in this area of huge unmet need.

Programme

Chair - Professor Harm van Marwijk, Professor in General Practice at Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Speakers

Karin due Bruun Pain Research Group, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, who recently published a randomised controlled trial of LDN to treat fibromyalgia

Simon Carding Research Programme Leader at the Quadram Institute and Proffesr of Mucosal Immunology at the Norwich Medical School at UEA Norwich, who is setting up and running two clinical studies in people with ME/CFS, LIGHT ME UP and RESTORE ME

Juan Luciano Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, who is currently running a randomised controlled trial of LDN for fibromyalgia

Vinod Patel Professor in Clinical Skills at Warwick Medical School and head of a multidisciplinary ME/CFS team where LDN is prescribed to suitable patients.

Jessica Eccles – Reader in Brain-Body Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, who will describe possible next steps for researching LDN in people with ME/CFS

In order to stimulate discussion we want to attract a wide range of researchers and health care workers both from within and outside the field of ME/CFS care and research. Although the workshops are primarily aimed at researchers and clinicians, we encourage people with ME/CFS and their carers to attend to share their views.

We aim to provide time for discussions and questions on the day. You can also contact the organiser on drug-repurposing@serafina3.me.uk to register any questions for any of the speakers in advance of the event. You can do this whether or not you intend to attend the event.

Register on this page to join the event, which will be held online by zoom (and is free to join). On enrolling, you will be sent an e-ticket to your email address with a zoom link for the event.

All participants will need to register themselves, but feel free to pass this information on to others who may be interested in registering.

Please note, the event will be recorded, although you have the option to withhold your name on the day.