Phase 2b Randomised placebo-controlled trial into oral Mitochondrial antioxidants (MitoQ) to treat active Ulcerative Colitis in UK. We are open for recruitment!

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined August 2019
We recruited our 1st patient from NHS Clyde! Wonderful to extend our reach to under served research communities! Thank you Graham Naismith, Jonathan Macdonald and GI team @NHSGGC @GlasgowCRF #ibd #clinicaltrials #ulcerativecolitis #paisley
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Delighted to welcome Cambridge as a new MARVEL recruitment site! Our study is now active across UK looking at mitochondrial antioxidants in Ulcerative Colitis! marvelstudy.uk #UC #Colitis #trial #mitochondria #Cambridge
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June was a good month for marvelstudy.uk London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow working hard & we've broken through n=70 participants 🎊. Hugely grateful for this big team effort. Testing the novel idea of adding oral mitochondrial antioxidants for UC! #ibd #Trials
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Thanks @NHSGGC for recruiting our 70th!
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We are delighted to be training many Associate Principal Investigators via the @NIHRresearch. 8 Associate PIs so far! Via our MARVEL UC study marvelstudy.uk Vital to sustain clinical research and the next generation of researchers. youtu.be/at5PM61X0Yw?si=nWq3… – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Delighted to recruit our 1st MARVEL patient in St George's London, we're making good progress! marvelstudy.uk clinical trial in #mitochondrial antioxidants in Ulcerative Colitis. #trials #uc #IBD – at Gogar, Scotland
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Marvel UC Trial retweeted
It was lovely to share this special day with so many people. Thank you everyone for coming. Many wonderful people who helped me to where I am today. @UofGSii This one is for my late parents who would have dearly loved to be here today.
Congratulations Professor @Gwotzerho. An absolutely stellar inaugural lecture @GlasgowEdin_IBD
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Our group have studied 💩 stool #calprotectin vs. #QFIT (that can detect blood used as screening for bowel cancer) to monitor #IBD . We are looking for the 'patient voice' in our study, so very grateful for your time, share and RT! – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Check out this new Shaping Research opportunity! Researchers at University of Glasgow would like you to complete a short online survey looking at IBD testing methods. Find out more crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-…
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Very proud of our CCUK Research Champion @emmapryde7 in this month's Connect. You've been amazing! #IBD #PPIE crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-… A picture paints a thousand words!
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Marvel UC Trial retweeted
Congratulations to Dr Robert Whelan! Successful PhD viva defence on the role of oral #microbiome in IBD. Thanks George Hold & Rodger Duffin for examining & MRC Precision Medicine for supporting this excellent thesis! #crohns #ibd @EdinUni_CIR 2nd Ho-lab #PhD in 2025 @UKRI_News – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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We've recruited our 60th patient for marvelstudy.uk! Congratulations to #Glasgow team for reaching this milestone. We are testing mitochondrial antioxidants as addition to current treatment for #ulcerativecolitis @NHSResearchScot @NHSGGC #ibdtrials @CrohnsColitisR
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East-West connection made with China Crohn's Colitis Foundation #ibd #crohns #globalibd #ecco2025 #china – at Berlin, Germany
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A good week for our study. We recruited 4 (!) into MARVEL including our 1st from #Manchester! Big thanks to Prof Limdi and his team. Mitochondria antioxidants in UC marvelstudy.uk #ulcerativecolitis #mitochondria #ibd @Edin_IBDScience
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Congratulations #Glasgow IBD @j0nnymac1 another 2 patients with flaring Ulcerative Colitis #uc recruited into MARVEL mitochondrial antioxidants treatment. Key work to find new ways to treat Colitis! #ibd #mitochondria #trials @Edin_IBDScience
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New ways to treat IBD? - #metabolism and the #mitochondria. Our review 👇. #crohns #uc #ibd #immunometabolism journals.biologists.com/dmm/… – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Our fab research team after recruiting of 51st MARVEL patient! Trial looking at mitochondrial antioxidants in UC. #mitochondria #ulcerativecolitis #clinicaltrial @NHSResearchScot @CSO_Scotland @CrohnsColitisR @Edin_IBDScience
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We recruited our 50th patient today. Small investigator-led clinical trials in IBD are immensely challenging. Thank you to all our patients, partners and team across UK! #mitochondria #clinicaltrial #ibd @Edin_IBDScience @NHSResearchScot @BritSocGastro @CrohnsColitisR
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Amazing progress by Paediatric team! MiniMUSIC musicstudy.uk >50% (34/60) target of newly diagnosed Crohn's disease achieved way ahead of schedule! V positive response from young patients + families across Scotland #crohns @CrohnsColitisR @echcharity #pibd @UofGlasgow – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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A fine morning with Emma and Tricia, our CCUK Patient Research Champions, sharing their lived experiences as part of our Patient-led engagement work! @CrohnsColitisR #crohns #Colitis #ibd #ulcerativecolitis @CrohnsColitisUK
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