Lung Clinical Research Unit

07/08/2020

The Allergy Unit at the UCT Lung Institute is assisting Tygerberg with this very interesting trial.

If you are a healthy frontline worker interested in finding out more, please send a WhatsApp to 067 429 0023 or email the study team at infobcgtrial@gmail.com.

A mandatory vaccine newborns receive to fight off tuberculosis (TB) may also have a positive impact on the COVID-19 curve. A new study suggests that there is a correlation between the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and a flattened curve of coronavirus infection.

17/06/2020

Are you a healthy frontline worker? Interested in participating in a COVID-19 BCG vaccine clinical trial?
Happening NOW - please get in touch!

Study WhatsApp line: 067 429 0023
Email: infobcgstudy@gmail.com

Approved by UCT HREC 237/2020

21/02/2020

The MANDALA Study needs adult volunteers with asthma to find out how a potential new treatment will work. If you are a non-smoker and on regular asthma treatment, please contact us if you are interested in participating.
Nolu: 021 406 6877 or WhatsApp 082 895 0953

Approved by UCT FHS HREC 14 Feb 2020

18/02/2020

LCRU was recently recognised by the Sanofi Global team for its excellence and expertise in clinical trials.

Well done to all! A huge honour in the field of clinical research 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

13/02/2020

Set a date and go for it! 🌟

National Council Against Smoking Quitline: 011 720 3145
CANSA Call Centre: 0800 22 66 22
www.ekickbutt.org.za
Patient resources: www.ichange4health.co.za

23/01/2020

Are you or a loved one living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)?

We are currently conducting a trial for a new medicine for IPF at LCRU. Please click on the links below to find out more:
www.isabelastudies.com
https://youtu.be/glHtJop0GBU

You can also contact Sr Esme Paulsen on 021 4066044, or leave a comment below for us to phone you back.

Approved by UCT FHS HREC 11/08/2019

07/01/2020

06/12/2019

Listen to LCRU's Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit speak about COPD for World COPD Day 2019 on Cape Talk:

http://www.capetalk.co.za/podcasts/127/afternoons-with-pippa-hudson/268438/health-wellness-what-is-copd-what-causes-it-how-to-treat-it-how-to-prevent-it

05/12/2019

Cape Town is well known for our "Cape Doctor" - the gusty southeasterly wind that blows clean many of our hot, polluted summer days. But ever wondered how safe our air really is?
LCRU has recently installed the first PurpleAir monitor in the Western Cape to tell us in real time what conditions are like outside on Hospital Bend.

Click on the map to find out more:
https://www.purpleair.com/map

15/11/2019

Remembering the irreplaceable men in our lives and celebrating the value of precious colleagues 💙🐞🐝

11/11/2019

What a treat to catch our boys as they drove past the Lung Institute on Hospital Bend today! Go BOKKE!! 🙌🎉🇿🇦🤩

01/11/2019

There'll always be that one colleague... 🙄 GO BOKKE!!! 💪💪💪🏉🏆🎉🎉🎉🌟