The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health
30 Oct 2019
This Wednesday marks the beginning of the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, where MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL will be presenting results from the STREAM tuberculosis trial.
The Union World Conference on Lung Health is the world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers, health programme managers, policymakers, researchers and advocates working to end the suffering caused by lung disease, with a focus specifically on the challenges faced by low-and lower-middle income populations. It will take place from Wednesday 30 October - Saturday 2 November in Hyderabad, India.
Details of the MRC CTU at UCL presentations taking place at the conference are shown below.
| Date (local time) | Session (Type) | Code | Title | Presenter |
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31.10.2019 16:00-17:30 |
Different approaches to combating DR-TB (Short Oral Abstract) | SOA-08-1079-31 | Examining the efficacy of the short MDR-TB regimen: alternative analyses from the STREAM trial | Patrick Phillips |
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01.11.2019 12:45-13:45 |
Challenges for DR-TB treatment (Poster discussion session) | PS-18-697-01 | Predictive factors of QT prolongation in the STREAM 1 trial | Gareth Hughes |
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02.11.2019 14:00-15:30 |
Insights into the DR-TB epidemics (Short Oral Abstract) | SOA-18-1183-02 | Baseline predictors of unfavourable outcome in the short MDR-TB regimen: exploratory analyses from the STREAM trial | Saiam Ahmed |
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02.11.2019 14:00-15:30 |
We're vulnerable to TB: don’t forget us (Oral Abstract session) | OA-28-496-02 | QT prolongation and its evolution over time in the STREAM 1 trial | Gareth Hughes |