Dendrite Clinical Systems and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in the UK are pleased to announce the SCTS Conference News 2022 newspaper is now available to view/download. The newspaper reports a multitude of presentations from the meeting including the latest and the best information on new technologies and techniques in cardio-thoracic surgery.
Researchers led by the Clinical Research Unit at the Special Unit for Biomedical Research and Education (SUBRE), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Greece, have initiated a randomised control trial (RCT) that will compare minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (cCPB).
Dendrite Clinical Systems, working in close cooperation with the SCTS and several cardiac centres, has developed a series of ‘Dashboards’ that allow users to access to their unit’s surgical outcomes and compare them to national results in real-time. By uploading their data to the central Dendrite National Cardiac Surgical Registry, individual units or centres can instantly benchmark their results via an on-line database for internal consumption to assist units with their own clinical governance and for auditing purposes.
Dendrite Clinical Systems is delighted to announce the first ever report from New Zealand’s Te Rēhita Mate Ūtaetae - Breast Cancer Foundation National Register. The ground-breaking report, titled, “30,000 voices: Informing a better future for breast cancer in New Zealand,” covers 30,000 patients diagnosed from 2003 to 2019.
The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has signed an agreement to develop a series of web-based registries on organ 
Dendrite and BSACI launch BRIT immunotherapy registry
Dendrite Clinical Systems and the British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) have launched the British Registry for Immunotherapy (BRIT), a web-based patient registry that records immunotherapy treatment of patients under the care of BSACI consultants practicing in the UK.
“We are delighted to launch the first national immunotherapy registry in the UK,” said Dr peter Walton, managing Director of Dendrite Clinical Systems. “By recording each and every serious adverse event during immunotherapy treatment, the BSACI we will be able to monitor the efficacy of immunotherapy enabling the BSACI to guide commissioning of services and guideline development.”
BRIT is a secure web-based registry that can record the use of Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) by both subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy routes (also known as SCIT and SLIT). By venom immunotherapy (VIT) and the use of the monoclonal antibody Omalizumab (OMA) for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) in patients under the care of BSACI registered consultants. It will help consultants keep track of their patients and monitor their response to treatment by using email PROM reported directly by participants. It will also monitor safety and access to treatment around the UK.
To better understand what the current practises are in the UK, an online registry was developed by Dendrite using their “Intellect Web” software. This allows consultants to enter patient data online, using a range of modern html-5 compatible web browsers, without the need to install additional software or perform any complex system configurations.
The registry is open for all consultant BSACI members to register their practice(s) for both adult and paediatric patients. Additional healthcare professionals in the practice can register as users under the same practice in order to input data into the registry.
The registry is funded by unrestricted grants from three companies: AlK Abello, Allergy Therapeutics and Stallergenes.
