COVID-19 Vaccine Update – Booster Vaccination – “Fourth Jab”
Further to the news update on 16 December 2021. Kings Liver Unit have kindly provided us with the letter for their post liver transplant patients to use if they need it to prove their eligibility for the fourth jab. Click the link below to…
COVID-19 Vaccine Update
We have today been provided with the following update by Dr Aluvihare and Wendy Littlejohn at Kings: “The recommendation is that you receive a third primary dose three months after your second dose. In addition a booster (with Pfizer or Moderna) should be given…
PANORAMIC TRIAL – NOW CLOSED
Have you tested positive for COVID-19? Advice is always available from the Liver Transplant Co-ordinators at Kings Contact – Listen at King’s (listenatkings.org) – but we have also been informed of a study which might be of interest to you which is attempting to…
The MELODY Study
Some exciting news for Liver Transplant patients about a new study just about to start. The MELODY Study aims to assess antibody responses following three Covid-19 vaccine doses in immunocompromised people. It will include people who have received solid organ transplants, people with rare autoimmune…
Update on the “Cobalt” Study
Vishal Patel, the lead researcher from Kings on the COBALT study, spoke at the Listen Group meeting on 15 November to update us on the status of the study. The study involves 100 hospitals across Europe; Kings is one of only two hospitals in the…
“Barriers to you taking part in organ donation and transplantation clinical research” – Take part in the survey
The UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network has asked us to pass this on to the Listen community: The UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network (UKODTRN) https://kidneyresearchuk.org/research/research-networks/ukodtrn/ works across the UK to make sure that health research will help the organ donation and transplant community…
Pride of Britain – Organ Transplant Event
ITV are working on an exciting filming opportunity surrounding organ donation. Do you live in or near London? We are putting together a filmed event featuring people whose lives have been positively influenced by organ donation, and who want to say THANK YOU to a…
Booster Vaccine For COVID-19
We have received the following advice from the Liver Unit at Kings: “All post-transplant patients who have received both doses of a Covid vaccine and are more than three months post transplant should contact their GP to arrange a booster vaccination as recommended by the…
News from Our Members!
Two Listen members are currently involved in raising money for charity – one is coming up in September and one happened just this week. They had both been postponed from their original dates last year. We would like to wish the best of luck to…
Opportunity to be Considered for Inclusion in the “Cobalt” Study at Kings
Those Listen members who attended the recent Group meeting where Dr Olly Tavabie spoke to us might recall he mentioned a study called “COBALT”. This study will investigate immune responses of Kings patients post-transplant after COVID vaccines and will open imminently at Kings. To help…