Phase 2b Randomised placebo-controlled trial into oral Mitochondrial antioxidants (MitoQ) to treat active Ulcerative Colitis in UK. We are open for recruitment!
Joined August 2019
- Tweets 53
- Following 154
- Followers 95
- Likes 61
18 Photos and videos
1 Oct 2025
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
1
2
182
12 Aug 2025
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
5
10
379
4 Jul 2025
June was a good month for marvelstudy.uk London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow working hard & we've broken through n=70 participants π. Hugely grateful for this big team effort.
Testing the novel idea of adding oral mitochondrial antioxidants for UC! #ibd #Trials
1
3
8
324
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
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=nWq3β¦
1
1
1
267
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
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
1
3
209
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
2 Jun 2025
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.
31 May 2025
Congratulations Professor @Gwotzerho. An absolutely stellar inaugural lecture @GlasgowEdin_IBD
4
3
24
1,407
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
Our group have studied π© 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!
2 May 2025
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-β¦
2
2
377
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
Very proud of our CCUK Research Champion @emmapryde7 in this month's Connect. You've been amazing! #IBD #PPIE
crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-β¦
A picture paints a thousand words!
2
4
181
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
8 Apr 2025
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
3
20
649
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
28 Mar 2025
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
3
11
895
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
23 Mar 2025
What happens if patients take the lead in an IBD project?
Result: A wholly patient-led paper on ''What it means to live with IBD'.
π§΅on how our patient-public involvement (PPI) #IBD came about....
#Crohns #colitis #PPIE #patientinvolvement
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/β¦
1
10
30
3,940
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
22 Feb 2025
East-West connection made with China Crohn's Colitis Foundation #ibd #crohns #globalibd #ecco2025 #china
2
13
828
14 Feb 2025
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
2
3
109
6 Feb 2025
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
3
5
386
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
13 Nov 2024
New ways to treat IBD? - #metabolism and the #mitochondria. Our review π. #crohns #uc #ibd #immunometabolism
journals.biologists.com/dmm/β¦
7
24
3,252
9 Oct 2024
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
4
11
797
4 Sep 2024
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
3
6
348
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
29 Aug 2024
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
1
2
6
426
Marvel UC Trial retweeted
13 Aug 2024
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
9
19
913