After steady recruitment in the summer months, September and October have seen a rise in the ARI patients presenting to the sites. We are pleased to say that this is being successfully translated into higher recruitment numbers for our study! September and October were by far the best recruiting months so far, and we have crossed the threshold of 200 patients last month - even ahead of our refitted schedule.

At the same time, we are opening new sites that will be open-running in the following weeks.

New sites summer 2017

CHU Saint-Pierre Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Lewisham, UK
University of Patras, Greece
Hospital La Paz Madrid, Spain
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany

Top recruiting site: Hippokrateion Hospital Thessaloniki

The best recruiting team in PED-MERMAIDS currently is the 3rd Paediatric Department of Hippokrateion Hospital at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The team are (in the photo from the left to the right: Dr. Elias Iosifidis, Dr. Olga Tsatsiou, Dr. Katerina Vikelouda (+ baby boy), Georgia Pitsava and Prof. Emmanuel Roilides. Congratulations and thank you for an outstanding contribution to the study!