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It is a type of study called a ‘randomised controlled trial’.** \n\nThis means that the type of back brace given to participants in the study is randomly chosen by a computer, to make sure it is fair and the results can be trusted. We are asking lots of young people aged 10 to 15 years old with a diagnosis of scoliosis if they would like to take part.",{"url":93,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-15-1000w.png",655,{"type":83,"sectionSettings":96,"settings":98,"title":99,"text":100,"image":101},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":97},"Why are we doing the BASIS study?",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85,"btnTheme":74,"stackBtns":89},"## Why are we doing the BASIS study?","**In the UK, we use a full-time brace to treat scoliosis, which must be worn for at least 20 hours a day to work.** \n\n Other countries in the world use a different type of brace, which is worn only at night. We are doing the BASIS study to try and find out whether a night-time brace is as effective as the full-time brace we currently use.",{"url":102,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-04-1000w.png",{"type":83,"sectionSettings":104,"settings":106,"title":107,"text":108,"image":109},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":105},"Why is the BASIS study important?",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85,"btnTheme":74,"stackBtns":89},"## Why is the BASIS study important?","**Lots of families tell us that they would prefer a night-time brace to a full-time brace.** \n\n The BASIS study will give us information about whether a night-time brace is effective and will help us decide whether we can offer it routinely to children and young adults with scoliosis in the UK.",{"url":110,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-12-1000w.png",{"type":112,"customClass":113,"sectionSettings":114,"settings":117,"text":122,"cards":123},"text_and_cards","page_header_bg_1",{"sectionLabel":115,"custom_class":113,"textAlign":116},"3 cards","center",{"headerLevel":118,"headerFontSize":119,"alignCards":85,"alignCardContent":85,"maxCardsPerRow":119,"wholeClickable":120,"numberedCards":120,"cardTheme":74,"cardBtnTheme":121},"2","3",false,"secondary","",[124,135,143],{"type":125,"title":126,"summary":127,"image":128,"links":131},"card_image_text","Mr Ashley Cole","Chief Investigator\nConsultant Spinal Surgeon\n\n\nAshley is the lead consultant running the BASIS study, and is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon based in Sheffield.",{"url":129,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-1-Ashley-Cole-1000w.png",764,[132],{"title":133,"url":134},"Find out more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk\u002Fstaff\u002Fmr-ashley-cole\u002F",{"type":125,"title":136,"summary":137,"image":138,"links":140},"Lizzie Swaby","Study Manager\n\n\n is based at the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit and has experience assisting and managing clinical trials across numerous areas of healthcare.",{"url":139,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-2-Lizzie-Swaby-1000w.png",[141],{"title":133,"url":142},"https:\u002F\u002Fsheffield.ac.uk\u002Fsmph\u002Flizzie-swaby",{"type":125,"title":144,"summary":145,"image":146,"links":148},"Joseph Dodd","Research Assistant\n\n\nJoseph works alongside Lizzie at the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit and has experience working on a variety of research projects",{"url":147,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-3-Joseph-Dodds-1000w.png",[149],{"title":133,"url":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fsheffield.ac.uk\u002Fsmph\u002Fpeople\u002Facademic\u002Fpopulation-health\u002Fjoseph-dodd",{"type":152,"text":153,"sectionSettings":154,"componentName":156,"componentOptions":157},"text_and_component","## Locations in UK",{"textAlign":116,"sectionLabel":155},"Locations","StudyLocationsMap",{"mapTitle":158},"UK","\u002Fpages\u002Fabout.en",{"title":64},"pages\u002Fabout.en","RcP57jZ37XDYCd_3g3sKa8o5VOVKAcu1oBJFi2iNu5c",{"id":164,"title":165,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":166,"navigation":20,"path":180,"seo":181,"stem":182,"__hash__":183},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Faccessibility.en.json","Accessibility statement",{"pageTitle":165,"pageMetadata":167,"page_content":168,"page_strapline":122},{"htmlTitle":165,"htmlDesc":165},[169,175],{"type":71,"title":170,"sectionSettings":171,"image":172,"settings":174},"# Accessibility statement",{"sectionLabel":165,"theme":74},{"url":173,"width":78,"height":79},"study-header-image-1-1000w.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":176,"text":177,"sectionSettings":178},"text","\\[TRIAL_NAME] is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.\n\n## Conformance status\n\nThe [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002FWAI\u002Fstandards-guidelines\u002Fwcag\u002F) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. \\[TRIAL_NAME] is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.\n\n### Specific exceptions to WCAG 2.1 level AA compliance\n\n* Third party frameworks used to build this app - e.g.  [Nuxt](https:\u002F\u002Fnuxtjs.org\u002F) - may contain some minor accessibility issues which are not editable by Morph. This includes, for instance, CSS loading animations the duration of which has been to set to longer than 5 seconds. We have attempted to ensure that these exceptions do not impact negatively on user experience.\n* Colour contrast errors relating to the site footer navigation may be picked up by automated accessibility checking tools such as WAVE. These errors relate to the starting state of the effected elements prior to CSS animations occurring. Once the short loading animation is complete the visual appearance of the effected elements complies with WCAG AA colour contrast requirements.\n* We have not applied any customisation to focus indicators, instead relying on browser defaults. This approach allows any user applied customisation, e.g. through system-wide assistive technology, to be applied.\n\n## Screenreaders\n\nThis site has been tested in several screenreaders, including Narrator, NVDA and VoiceOver. We have striven to ensure that all content is accessible to these readers, although we are aware of inconsistencies in how they handle more complex features such as the video transcripts. 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However, we now know that in some patients, the curve does get bigger in the few months after the brace is removed.**\n\nBASIS2 is trying to find out whether wearing the brace for six months after you stop growing can reduce the chances of the curve getting bigger, compared to stopping the brace at the end of growth.\n\nWe are inviting young people who have been part of BASIS, and whose brace has stopped their spine curve reaching the point where surgery might be required, to take part in BASIS 2. This is completely voluntary, and you can continue in BASIS, even if you decide not to take part in BASIS 2. Please have a look at the information on this page, and think about whether you would like to take part.",{"url":110,"width":78,"height":94},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":206,"settings":207,"text":208,"title":209,"image":210,"links":212},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":201},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"**Before you decide if you would like to take part, it is important that both you and your parents understand what is involved. Please follow the link below for more information:**","## Take Part…",{"url":211,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-01-1000w.png",[213],{"title":214,"target":20,"link":215,"summary":122,"icon":218,"iconPosition":221},"Information for Parents \u002F Guardians",{"title":216,"url":217,"target":20},"BASIS 2 Participant Information","https:\u002F\u002Fbasis2.digitrial.com\u002F",{"iconName":219,"iconSize":220},"content-arrow-right","sm","right","\u002Fpages\u002Fbasis-2.en",{"title":186},"pages\u002Fbasis-2.en","RP4DUp7E2NCC4EQO2Hlk6ItyB1nYZbNhgVrVgR-VkhE",{"id":227,"title":43,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":228,"navigation":20,"path":252,"seo":253,"stem":254,"__hash__":255},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fcontact.en.json",{"pageTitle":43,"page_strapline":229,"pageMetadata":230,"page_content":233},"A brand new page",{"htmlTitle":231,"htmlDesc":232},"The BASIS study - Contact information","The BASIS study is being coordinated by the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit. Please use the details on this to contact the study team.",[234,241,246],{"type":71,"sectionSettings":235,"title":236,"text":237,"image":238,"settings":240},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":43,"theme":74},"# Contact","**The BASIS study is being coordinated by the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit. Please use the details below to contact the study team.**",{"url":239,"width":78,"height":79},"basis\u002Fbasis-header-07-1000w-2.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":152,"sectionSettings":242,"componentName":244,"text":245},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":243},"Contact form","StudyContactForm","## Contact form",{"type":83,"sectionSettings":247,"settings":249,"text":250,"image":251},{"sectionLabel":248},"Treatment 2 test",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"#### Contact Details\n\nBASIS study team\\\nSheffield CTRU\\\nSCHARR\\\nBarber House\\\n387 Glossop Road\\\nSheffield S10 2HQ\n\n#### Tel\n\n[0114 222 4023](tel:01142224023)\n\n#### Email\n\n[e.a.swaby@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:e.a.swaby@sheffield.ac.uk)",{"url":122,"alt":122,"width":78,"height":94},"\u002Fpages\u002Fcontact.en",{"title":43},"pages\u002Fcontact.en","NuoA5Usnw7bIyqu7nwXwdSiPPkmz5mT6_kTWXwfvM60",{"id":257,"title":258,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":259,"navigation":20,"path":276,"seo":277,"stem":278,"__hash__":279},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fcookie-policy.en.json","Cookie Policy",{"page_content":260,"pageMetadata":275,"pageTitle":258},[261,266,270],{"type":71,"title":262,"sectionSettings":263,"image":264,"settings":265},"# Cookie Policy",{"sectionLabel":258,"theme":74},{"url":173,"width":78,"height":79},{"imgPosition":81},{"type":176,"text":267,"sectionSettings":268},"## Website Cookies\n\nOur website uses necessary and non-necessary cookies. 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To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit [wikipedia.org](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHTTP_cookie), [www.allaboutcookies.org.](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.allaboutcookies.org\u002F)\n\n## Contact Us\n\nIf you have any questions about the content of this page or problems with the website, please contact us at: admin@morph.co.uk",{"sectionLabel":269},"Website Cookies",{"type":152,"text":271,"componentName":272,"sectionSettings":273},"## What is my current cookie consent status?","CookiesOptInOut",{"sectionLabel":274},"View and Edit Cookie Settings",{"htmlTitle":258,"htmlDesc":258},"\u002Fpages\u002Fcookie-policy.en",{"title":258},"pages\u002Fcookie-policy.en","DFzUgEGTX9skho03M_7BQKbQme0kac12esAee11Tu3U",{"id":281,"title":40,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":282,"navigation":20,"path":299,"seo":300,"stem":301,"__hash__":302},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Ffaq.en.json",{"pageTitle":40,"pageMetadata":283,"page_content":286},{"htmlTitle":284,"htmlDesc":285},"The BASIS study - Frequently Asked Questions","This page shows answers to Frequently Asked Questions relating to the BASIS study",[287,293],{"type":71,"sectionSettings":288,"title":289,"text":122,"image":290,"settings":292,"strapline":122},{"textAlign":85,"theme":74},"# FAQ",{"url":291,"width":78,"height":79},"basis\u002Fbasis-header-03-1000w-2.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":294,"settings":295,"text":296,"title":297,"image":298},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":201},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"How many years do you think the study is going to last before you have all the answers?\n The final report is expected to be due in November 2032, with results more widely available in early 2033.  Please see below for a timeline of the study: \n- September 2021 – recruitment start\n- October 2026 – recruitment end\n- April 2032– follow-up end\n- November 2032 – final report due\n### Who else is taking part in the study?\nYoung people between the ages of 10-15 years old who have been diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. We are aiming for a total of 780 participants from centres across the UK.\n### Having been involved with the trial, would the patients ever know the end result?\nWe hope to keep in regular contact with participants in the trial up until 2032 to check how they are getting on. We shall do this by sending regular newsletters and updates regarding the study and we hope you all will be as interested in the end results when the final report comes out as we are. Once results are available, we will provide an overview of the main points to patients who have taken part, as well as the wider population through scoliosis charities and other relevant patient groups.\n### What are the braces made from and can they be put in the washing machine?\nThe braces are lined with a soft non-absorbent padding that wipes clean with a warm cloth and mild soap then air dry. Do not put near a heat source as this will distort the plastic and could possible cause damage to the lining. IF you do find that the lining gets a bit stained or smelly then a little alcohol gel on a cloth rubbed into the brace should do the trick.\n### Is there a parent forum for discussions between parents to share concerns once allocated a brace?\nWe’d encourage you to reach out to the medical professionals or research teams if you have any concerns at all. They will be able to reassure you and help with any worries that you might have. You can also find additional support at [Scoliosis Support and Research](https:\u002F\u002Fssr.org.uk\u002F) and read more about Scoliosis [here](https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002FAdolescent-Idiopathic-Scoliosis).\n### Is there a brace club for children?\n If you haven’t already, please do have a look at [Scoliosis Support and Research](https:\u002F\u002Fssr.org.uk\u002F). They’re a fantastic organisation who provide support and allow people with scoliosis to meet others with similar experiences. They have Twitter (X), Instagram, Facebook and regular meetings and other activities to attend.\n### Is there a video on how to put the brace on for the nurses\u002Fteachers at school if it is taken off at any time?\nWhen dealing with schools we usually find this easiest if they can be shown directly by the parents once the child is wearing it to school. Most schools are quite supportive, and when made aware a child will be attending with a brace, they will often initiate a meeting with parents to discuss the needs and requirements they may have around school, like additional time for changing, access to disabled toilets for more space to change etc. As each brace can be a little different, parents showing them how it’s put on can be the most useful way of conveying how to do this.\n\nThe BASIS team have also developed a handy document with the British Scoliosis Society on Spinal Bracing Advice for Schools. We were able to develop this guide due to the vital feedback that BASIS participants and parents gave us through a series of interviews about bracing experience. \n\nWe believe that this guide will give teachers a better understanding of how to best support their students who wear a scoliosis brace. \n\nYou can find the guide [here](https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002FNews\u002F13254375).\n### Where can I find more support for my mental health?\nIf you think you are struggling with your mental health, help is always available – please explore these links: \n- [Samaritans](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.samaritans.org\u002F)\n- [Young Minds](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youngminds.org.uk\u002F)\n- [Breathing Space (Scotland)](https:\u002F\u002Fbreathingspace.scot\u002F)\n- [Shout](https:\u002F\u002Fgiveusashout.org\u002F)\n### What should I do if the brace is causing me pain, or is rubbing or itching?\nIf you experience any problems with your brace, please get in touch with the research team at your local spine centre, and\u002For the orthotics team who fitted your brace. They will be able to give you advice for your particular brace, and if needed, can arrange adjustments or re-fitting.\n### What should I do if I no longer want to take part in BASIS?\nPlease get in touch with your local BASIS research team or your spine team and let them know. You are free to withdraw from the study at any time, and this will not affect the ongoing care you receive for your scoliosis, and anything else. There are options for withdrawing from parts of the study if that is acceptable to you, and the research team can discuss these options with you.","## Participant Information",{"url":122,"width":78,"height":94},"\u002Fpages\u002Ffaq.en",{"title":40},"pages\u002Ffaq.en","aH7fhJVxuCTeuHhU5fPi7O9OPiDVU1XrRGtssOBnzLc",{"id":304,"title":305,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":306,"navigation":20,"path":389,"seo":390,"stem":391,"__hash__":392},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Findex.en.json","Home page",{"pageTitle":307,"pageMetadata":308,"page_content":311},"The BASIS Study",{"htmlTitle":309,"htmlDesc":310},"The BASIS Study - Best scoliosis back brace for children?","The BASIS Study (Chief Investigator Mr Ashley Cole) is finding out which type of back brace is best for treating children and young people with scoliosis.",[312,320,329,348,356,361],{"type":71,"title":313,"sectionSettings":314,"text":315,"image":316,"settings":318,"strapline":122},"# The BASIS Study",{"sectionLabel":307,"theme":74},"**We use back braces to treat scoliosis because they can stop the curve to the spine getting bigger and reduce the need for surgery. The BASIS Study is trying to find out which type of back brace is best for treating children and young people with scoliosis.**",{"url":317,"width":78,"height":79},"\u002Fbasis\u002Fbasis-header-01-1000w-3.png",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":319},"top",{"type":83,"sectionSettings":321,"settings":323,"title":324,"text":325,"image":326,"iconList":328},{"sectionLabel":322},"Background",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"## Current progress","**The BASIS study currently has 577 patients taking part (as of 20\u002F05\u002F2026), across 22 hospitals in the UK. Many of our participants have now completed the trial too! Thank you to all of the patients and their families for continuing to attend their study visits and complete questionnaires – the study can’t work without all of your support!.** \n\nWe are also running the BASIS2 study for some of the patients who reach the end of brace treatment in BASIS. If you’d like to know more about BASIS2, and whether this may be an option for you, please speak to your local research team. There are currently 37 patients taking part in BASIS2.",{"url":327,"alt":122,"width":78,"height":94},"\u002Fbasis\u002Fbasis-content-image-21@2x.png",[],{"type":330,"sectionSettings":331,"text":333,"video":334,"links":338},"text_and_video",{"sectionLabel":332},"Participant Information Animation","## Participant Information Animation\n**The study is comparing two different types of back brace, one which is worn for at least 20 hours a day, and one which is worn only at night-time.**",{"vimeoId":335,"videoTitle":122,"videoTranscript":336,"offlineVideo":337},"557533731\u002F05957f2202","The BASIS Study is looking at the best way to treat children and young people between the ages of 10 to 15 who have been diagnosed with scoliosis\n\nScoliosis is when your backbone curves to the side\n\nIf the curve gets too big you may need to have spinal surgery\n\nWe avoid surgery where possible because of the risks\n\nBraces for scoliosis reduce the risk of the curve getting bigger and needing surgery\n\nThey are usually worn for between one and a half, to three and a half years\n\nThe standard treatment in the UK is to wear a back brace for 20 - 24 hours of the day\n\nThis study is looking at whether a different type of back brace, worn only at night, is as effective\n\nYou are invited to take part because your doctor believes EITHER treatment is suitable for you\n\nIn the BASIS Study one group uses a full time brace, which holds the curve in place, worn for at least 20 hours each day\n\nThe other group uses a night-time only brace, which over corrects the curve, worn for at least 8 hours overnight\n\nTo make things fair, the two groups are chosen randomly using a computer\n\nNeither you, nor your doctors, can choose which treatment you have\n\nIf you agree to take part you’ll be asked to sign an ‘assent form’ to confirm that you understand the study\n\nYour parent or guardian will need to sign a consent form to confirm that they are happy for you to take part\n\nYour doctor will then check which group you are in and explain your treatment\n\nYou’ll be asked some questions about your back, and how you feel\n\nWe’ll send you the same questions by email twice a year throughout the study\n\nYou will have the same hospital visits as patients not taking part in the study\n\nIf you agree to take part and then change your mind you can leave the trial at any time, and still have access to normal NHS treatment\n\nIf you don’t want to take part, your treatment will continue with your doctor\n\nIf you have any questions please speak to your doctor or one of the research team.","shape.mp4",[339,343],{"title":214,"target":20,"link":340,"summary":122,"icon":342,"iconPosition":221},{"title":214,"url":341,"target":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fbasis-parents.digitrial.com\u002F",{"iconName":219,"iconSize":220},{"title":344,"target":20,"link":345,"summary":122,"icon":347,"iconPosition":221},"Information for Young People",{"title":344,"url":346,"target":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fbasis-children.digitrial.com\u002F",{"iconName":219,"iconSize":220},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":349,"settings":351,"text":352,"image":353,"iconList":355},{"sectionLabel":350},"Aim of the Study",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"## Aim of the Study\n**In the UK, children and young people with scoliosis often need to wear a back brace for most of the day to treat the curve to the spine.** \n\nOther countries in the world use a different type of brace, worn only at night-time. Before night-time braces can be used routinely in the UK, we need to check they are as good as the braces we currently use.\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:top;gap:1rem;\">\u003Cdiv style=\"flex-shrink:0;width:80px;height:80px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#de8127;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;\">\u003Csvg width=\"56\" height=\"56\" style=\"fill:#ffffff;\" id=\"Layer_1\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" xmlns=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002F2000\u002Fsvg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\">\u003Cpath d=\"M32,17A15.05,15.05,0,1,0,47.05,32,15.07,15.07,0,0,0,32,17Zm0,27.1a12,12,0,1,1,12-12A12.07,12.07,0,0,1,32,44.05Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M57.93,43.85l-2.1-1A.89.89,0,1,0,55,44.4l2.11,1a.89.89,0,0,0,.39.09.87.87,0,0,0,.79-.49A.89.89,0,0,0,57.93,43.85Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M52.82,41.32l-4.31-2.13a.89.89,0,0,0-1.19.4.9.9,0,0,0,.41,1.19L52,42.91a.89.89,0,0,0,.79-1.59Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M16.27,23.22l-2.1-1a.89.89,0,0,0-.78,1.6l2.1,1a.78.78,0,0,0,.39.1.89.89,0,0,0,.8-.5A.9.9,0,0,0,16.27,23.22Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M11.16,20.69,6.85,18.56a.87.87,0,0,0-1.18.4.89.89,0,0,0,.4,1.19l4.3,2.13a.92.92,0,0,0,.39.09.89.89,0,0,0,.4-1.68Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M22.79,7.5a.9.9,0,0,0,.84.61,1,1,0,0,0,.29,0,.88.88,0,0,0,.55-1.12l-.75-2.22A.89.89,0,1,0,22,5.28Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M23.87,10.69l1.53,4.55a.91.91,0,0,0,.85.61,1,1,0,0,0,.28,0,.9.9,0,0,0,.56-1.13l-1.54-4.55a.89.89,0,0,0-1.13-.55A.88.88,0,0,0,23.87,10.69Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M39.34,51l-.74-2.22a.89.89,0,0,0-1.13-.56.9.9,0,0,0-.56,1.13l.75,2.22a.89.89,0,0,0,.84.6,1,1,0,0,0,.29,0A.88.88,0,0,0,39.34,51Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M40.42,54.17a.87.87,0,0,0-1.12-.56.89.89,0,0,0-.56,1.13l1.54,4.54a.89.89,0,0,0,.84.61.92.92,0,0,0,.28,0A.88.88,0,0,0,42,58.72Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M20.79,54.64a.89.89,0,0,0-1.19.4l-1,2.11a.87.87,0,0,0,.4,1.18.81.81,0,0,0,.39.1.88.88,0,0,0,.8-.5l1-2.1A.89.89,0,0,0,20.79,54.64Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M24.41,47.32a.9.9,0,0,0-1.19.41L21.09,52a.89.89,0,0,0,.4,1.19.93.93,0,0,0,.4.09.88.88,0,0,0,.79-.49l2.13-4.31A.89.89,0,0,0,24.41,47.32Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M39.59,16.68a.89.89,0,0,0,1.19-.41l1-2.1a.89.89,0,0,0-1.6-.78l-1,2.1A.89.89,0,0,0,39.59,16.68Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M42.12,11.56a.92.92,0,0,0,.39.09.89.89,0,0,0,.8-.49l2.13-4.3a.89.89,0,0,0-1.59-.79l-2.13,4.3A.89.89,0,0,0,42.12,11.56Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M59.84,22.6A.88.88,0,0,0,58.72,22l-2.22.75a.89.89,0,0,0,.28,1.73.69.69,0,0,0,.28-.05l2.22-.75A.88.88,0,0,0,59.84,22.6Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M53.31,23.87,48.76,25.4A.89.89,0,0,0,49,27.13a1,1,0,0,0,.29,0l4.55-1.54a.89.89,0,0,0,.55-1.13A.87.87,0,0,0,53.31,23.87Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M14.67,36.91l-2.22.75a.89.89,0,0,0-.55,1.13.88.88,0,0,0,.84.6.69.69,0,0,0,.28,0l2.22-.74a.89.89,0,0,0-.57-1.69Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M9.26,38.74,4.72,40.28A.88.88,0,0,0,5,42a.9.9,0,0,0,.28,0l4.55-1.54a.88.88,0,0,0,.56-1.12A.89.89,0,0,0,9.26,38.74Z\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fsvg>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv> \u003Ch3> Treatment 1\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\u003Cbr>Full-time Brace: Worn for at least 20 hours each day to hold the curve in place and prevent it from getting any bigger. This is what we currently use in the UK and there is very good evidence it works.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:top;gap:1rem;\">\u003Cdiv style=\"flex-shrink:0;width:80px;height:80px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#18487c;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;\">\u003Csvg width=\"56\" height=\"56\" style=\"fill:#ffffff;\" id=\"Layer_1\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" xmlns=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002F2000\u002Fsvg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\">\u003Cpath d=\"M46.21,46.18A20.47,20.47,0,0,1,32,32.19a20.46,20.46,0,0,1,3.87-19.58,1.5,1.5,0,0,0-1.3-2.49,21.49,21.49,0,0,0-3.72.77A20.69,20.69,0,1,0,43,50.42,20.1,20.1,0,0,0,46.55,49a1.5,1.5,0,0,0-.34-2.78Zm-17.53.12a17.69,17.69,0,0,1,2.51-32.37,23.9,23.9,0,0,0-2.08,19.14A23.9,23.9,0,0,0,41.62,47.71,17.59,17.59,0,0,1,28.68,46.3Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M8.8,7.43a1.39,1.39,0,1,0,1.38,1.38A1.38,1.38,0,0,0,8.8,7.43Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M50.91,4A1.39,1.39,0,1,0,52.29,5.4,1.38,1.38,0,0,0,50.91,4Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M57.62,28.82A1.39,1.39,0,1,0,59,30.21,1.38,1.38,0,0,0,57.62,28.82Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M41.5,23.9a.77.77,0,1,0-.77-.77A.78.78,0,0,0,41.5,23.9Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M5.77,30.82a.77.77,0,1,0,.76.77A.76.76,0,0,0,5.77,30.82Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M48.76,58.45a.77.77,0,1,0,.77.77A.76.76,0,0,0,48.76,58.45Z\" \u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M12.82,55.27a1.38,1.38,0,1,0,1.39,1.38A1.38,1.38,0,0,0,12.82,55.27Z\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fsvg>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch3> Treatment 1\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\u003Cbr>Night-time Brace: Worn for 8-12 hours, only at night. This brace tries to over-correct the spinal curve. It is not routinely used in the UK and there is some evidence it may be as effective as a full-time brace.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>",{"url":354,"alt":122,"width":78,"height":94},"\u002Fbasis\u002Fbasis-content-image-01-1000w.png",[],{"type":330,"sectionSettings":357,"text":359,"video":360},{"sectionLabel":358,"textAlign":116},"Early detection means that bracing is an option","## Early detection means that bracing is an option",{"vimeoId":335,"videoTitle":122,"videoTranscript":336,"offlineVideo":337},{"type":112,"customClass":113,"sectionSettings":362,"settings":363,"text":122,"cards":364},{"sectionLabel":115,"custom_class":113,"textAlign":116},{"headerLevel":119,"headerFontSize":119,"alignCards":85,"alignCardContent":85,"maxCardsPerRow":119,"wholeClickable":120,"numberedCards":120,"cardTheme":74,"cardBtnTheme":121},[365,373,381],{"type":125,"title":366,"summary":367,"image":368,"links":370},"Taking Part","Find out more about taking part in the study",{"url":369,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-1-1000w.png",[371],{"title":372,"url":26},"Go to 'Taking Part'",{"type":125,"title":28,"summary":374,"image":375,"links":377},"Learn more about the study",{"url":376,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-2-1000w.png",[378],{"title":379,"url":380},"Go to 'About the Study'","\u002Fabout",{"type":125,"title":382,"summary":383,"image":384,"links":386},"Contact Us","Get in touch with the study team",{"url":385,"width":78,"height":130},"basis\u002Fbasis-card-image-3-1000w.png",[387],{"title":388,"url":44},"Get in touch","\u002Fpages\u002Findex.en",{"title":305},"pages\u002Findex.en","lZp3chSbtIiGhjE6P8EoQSjQ8SNZ-bIihZRG9BMx7GM",{"id":394,"title":395,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":396,"navigation":20,"path":411,"seo":412,"stem":413,"__hash__":414},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fprivacy.en.json","Privacy policy",{"pageMetadata":397,"page_content":398,"pageTitle":410},{"htmlTitle":395,"htmlDesc":395},[399,406],{"type":71,"title":400,"sectionSettings":401,"image":403,"settings":404,"strapline":405},"# Privacy policy",{"sectionLabel":402},"Header",{"url":173,"width":78,"height":79},{"imgPosition":81},"The TRIAL study",{"type":176,"text":407,"sectionSettings":408},"This website has been designed and developed by Morph Media Limited specifically for this clinical trial. We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of all of our customers and suppliers’ data and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.\n\n## 1. Information about us\n\nMorph Media Limited, a limited company (company number 13801210).\n\nMain trading address: 8 New Shambles, Kendal, LA9 4TS\n\nVAT Reg: 400 693 620\n\nData Protection Officer: Matthew Brook\n\nEmail address: info@morph.co.uk\n\nTelephone number: 01524 88 42 88\n\nPostal Address: 8 New Shambles, Kendal, LA9 4TS\n\n## 2. What does this policy cover?\n\nThis Privacy Policy relates specifically to this website only and explains how we use your personal data on the site: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains your rights under the law relating to your personal data.\n\n## 3. What is personal data?\n\nPersonal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016\u002F679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’. Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers. The personal data that we use is set out in Part 5, below.\n\n## 4. What are your rights?\n\nUnder the GDPR, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:\n\n1. The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 11.\n2. The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 10 will tell you how to do this.\n3. The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.\n4. The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we have. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.\n5. The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.\n6. The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.\n7. The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.\n8. Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.\n\nFor more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 11.\n\nFurther information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.\n\nIf you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.\n\n## 5. What personal data do we collect when you visit this website?\n\nYou may visit the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about you. \n\nThe website is hosted by Cloudflare using their Pages service. Cloudflare maintains log data about events on its network. Some of this log data will include information about visitors to and\u002For authorized users of a customer’s domains, networks, websites, application programming interfaces (“APIs”), or applications. This metadata contains extremely limited personal data, most often in the form of IP addresses. Cloudflare process this type of information on behalf of its  customers in its main data centers in the U.S. and Europe for a limited period of time.\n\nFor full details of Cloudflare's approach to privacy and data protection is available using the following link, although please bear in mind that these are wide-ranging documents with many documents not directly relevant to the service we use: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cloudflare.com\u002Fen-gb\u002Ftrust-hub\u002Fprivacy-and-data-protection\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cloudflare.com\u002Fen-gb\u002Ftrust-hub\u002Fprivacy-and-data-protection\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\n\nIf you use the Contact Form on this website, then a service called smtp2go will be used to pass your email on to the SURGE team. This will involve your email contents being logged with smtp2go for 5 days on a server within the EU, providing a temporary record in the event that we need to troubleshoot any issues.\n\n**Please note**: this Privacy policy does not cover handling of email content by the intended recipient(s).\n\n[Cookie Policy](\u002Fcookie-policy)\n\n## 6. How do we use your personal data?\n\nUnder the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data may be used for one of the following purposes:\n\n* IP addresses are required by Cloudflare to troubleshoot a number of issues, such as connectivity issues, tracking down specific HTTP responses, tracking DDoS attacks.\n\n## 7. How long will we keep your personal data?\n\nCloudflare processes metadata, including IP addresses, for a limited period of time.\n\n## 8. How and where do we store or transfer your personal data?\n\nWe may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). These are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK and\u002For the EEA. Morph's relationship with Cloudflare with regard to personal data is covered by Cloudflare's standard Data Processing Addendum \n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cloudflare.com\u002Fen-gb\u002Fcloudflare-customer-dpa\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cloudflare.com\u002Fen-gb\u002Fcloudflare-customer-dpa\u002F\u003C\u002Fa> which ensures that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR.\n\n## 9. Do we share your personal data?\n\nNo.\n\n## 10. How can I access my personal data?\n\nMorph do not have access to IP addresses logged by Cloudflare.\n\n## 11. How do I contact you?\n\nTo contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details (for the attention of Matthew Brook):\n\nEmail address: info@morph.co.uk\n\nTelephone number: 01524 88 42 88\n\nPostal Address: 8 New Shambles, Kendal, LA9 4TS\n\n## 12. Changes to this Privacy Policy\n\nWe may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection. Any changes will be made available on this website.",{"sectionLabel":409},"Content","Privacy page","\u002Fpages\u002Fprivacy.en",{"title":395},"pages\u002Fprivacy.en","LwVWfj9h67sl9W3_Res_arsMrCHmSCakpCNad6G1U6o",{"id":416,"title":34,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":417,"navigation":20,"path":441,"seo":442,"stem":443,"__hash__":444},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fresources.en.json",{"pageTitle":34,"pageMetadata":418,"page_content":421},{"htmlTitle":419,"htmlDesc":420},"The BASIS study - Additional resources","Here are some additional resources that you might find useful such as BASIS participant information sheets, newsletters and scoliosis related links",[422,429,435],{"type":71,"sectionSettings":423,"title":424,"text":425,"image":426,"settings":428},{"textAlign":85,"theme":74},"# Resources","**Here are some additional resources that you might find useful.**",{"url":427,"width":78,"height":79},"basis\u002Fbasis-header-08-1000w.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":430,"settings":431,"title":122,"text":432,"image":433},{"textAlign":85},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"## Downloads\n\n### Information Sheets\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-Parent-information-sheet-v2.4-08.08.2022_clean-copy3186.pdf\" download=\"BASIS Parent Information Sheet.pdf\">BASIS Parent Information Sheet\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-Participant-information-sheet-age-10-15-v1.2-08.02.2022_clean-version.pdf\" download=\"BASIS Participant Information Sheet (age 10-15).pdf\">BASIS Participant Information Sheet (age 10-15)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-Participant-16-information-sheet-v2.2-08.02.2022_clean-version.pdf\" download=\"BASIS Participant Information Sheet (age 16+).pdf\">BASIS Participant Information Sheet (age 16+)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS2-Parent-information-sheet-v1.1-31.05.2024.pdf\" download=\"BASIS2 Parent Information Sheet.pdf\">BASIS2 Parent Information Sheet\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS2-Participant-information-sheet-age-10-15-v1.0-25.03.2024.pdf\" download=\"BASIS Participant Information Sheet(age 10-15).pdf\">BASIS2 Participant Information Sheet(age 10-15)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS2-Participant-16-information-sheet-v1.1-31.05.2024.pdf\" download=\"BASIS Participant Information Sheet(age 16+).pdf\">BASIS2 Participant Information Sheet(age 16+)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n### Patient stories\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FPatient story - Julie & Philippa.pdf\" download=\"Patient story - Julie & Philippa.pdf\">Patient story - Julie & Philippa\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n### Spinal Bracing Advice for Schools\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FSpinal-Bracing-Advice-for-Schools.pdf\" download=\"Spinal Bracing Advice for Schools.pdf\">Spinal Bracing Advice for Schools\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n### Newsletters\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FDecember-2025-BASIS-Participant-Newsletter.pdf\" download=\"December 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">December 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FJune-2025-BASIS-Participant-Newsletter.pdf\" download=\"June 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">June 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FJanuary-2025-BASIS-Participant-Newsletter.pdf\" download=\"January 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">January 2025 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FSeptember-2024-BASIS-Participant-Newsletter.pdf\" download=\"September 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">September 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-Participant-Newsletter-April-2024.pdf\" download=\"April 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">April 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FJanuary-2024-BASIS-Participant-Newsletter-v1.0-17.01.2024.pdf\" download=\"January 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter.pdf\">January 2024 BASIS Participant Newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>\n\n### Patient Advice and Liaison Service\n\n In case of any problems that haven’t been resolved by the study team, the contact details for your local hospital PALS team can be found \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FAll-sites-PALS-contacts.pdf\" download=\"All-sites-PALS-contacts.pdf\">here\u003C\u002Fa>.",{"url":434,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-18-1000w.png",{"type":83,"sectionSettings":436,"settings":437,"title":122,"text":438,"image":439},{"textAlign":85},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"## Links\n\n### Scoliosis Association UK\n\n SAUK is the only UK wide patient support organisation for people with scoliosis and their families.\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fsauk.org.uk\u002F](https:\u002F\u002Fsauk.org.uk\u002F)\n\n### British Scoliosis Society\n\nThe British Scoliosis Society (BSS) represents surgeons, healthcare workers and researchers interested in the treatment and nature of spinal deformity and complex spine conditions.\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002F](https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002F)\n\n### The Sleep Charity\n\nSleep Hub: Comprehensive resource of advice, tips and information about all aspects of sleep to help you achieve a better night’s sleep.\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fthesleepcharity.org.uk\u002Finformation-support\u002Fadults\u002Fsleep-hub\u002F](https:\u002F\u002Fthesleepcharity.org.uk\u002Finformation-support\u002Fadults\u002Fsleep-hub\u002F)\n\n### Shout 85258\n\nA free, confidential, 24\u002F7 text messaging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope.\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fgiveusashout.org\u002F](https:\u002F\u002Fgiveusashout.org\u002F)",{"url":440,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-19-1000w.png","\u002Fpages\u002Fresources.en",{"title":34},"pages\u002Fresources.en","VpvQYSqPaCYQDMoXnqcZfwDifa-PCZVIiPjjBsneb94",{"id":446,"title":37,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":447,"navigation":20,"path":480,"seo":481,"stem":482,"__hash__":483},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fstaff.en.json",{"pageTitle":37,"pageMetadata":448,"page_content":450},{"htmlTitle":449,"htmlDesc":449},"The BASIS study - Protected:Staff",[451,458,466,473],{"type":71,"sectionSettings":452,"title":453,"text":454,"image":455,"settings":457,"strapline":122},{"textAlign":85,"theme":74},"# Staff","**This page contains resources for the use of BASIS staff only. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact the central BASIS study team.**",{"url":456,"width":78,"height":79},"basis\u002Fbasis-header-20-1000w.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":459,"settings":461,"text":462,"title":463,"image":464},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":460},"Training",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"\n**All members of staff working on the BASIS study require the appropriate training first. If you are new to the study, please ensure the central BASIS study team have been informed that you’ve joined the study.**\n\nThis is the link to the online training platform containing all night-time brace training modules. Please contact the central BASIS study team if you require an account creating.\\\n[http:\u002F\u002Fbasisstudy-spinecor.talentlms.com\u002Findex](http:\u002F\u002Fbasisstudy-spinecor.talentlms.com\u002Findex)\n\nHere are the study protocol training slides.\\\n[BASIS-study-training-slides-FINAL-19.07.2021.pdf](\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-study-training-slides-FINAL-19.07.2021.pdf)\n\niButton fitting guidance.\\\n[iButton-Fitting-Lined-Unlined-Braces-Final-V3.mp4](\u002Fimg\u002Fbasis\u002FiButton-Fitting-Lined-Unlined-Braces-Final-V3.mp4)","## Training",{"url":465,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-05-1000w.png",{"type":83,"sectionSettings":467,"settings":469,"text":470,"title":471,"image":472},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":468},"Staff Links",{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"Study database (British Spine Registry)\n\n[http:\u002F\u002Fwww.spineregistry.co.uk](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.spineregistry.co.uk)\n\nRandomisation system (SCRAM)\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scram.shef.ac.uk\u002F](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scram.shef.ac.uk\u002F)","## Staff Links",{"url":440,"width":78,"height":94},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":474,"settings":475,"text":476,"title":477,"image":478},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":201},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"### Study specific SOPs:\n\nBASIS01 – [Randomisation](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS01-Randomisation-SOP-v3.0-08.02.2023.pdf)\\\nBASIS02 – [Adverse Event and Serious Adverse Event reporting](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS02-Adverse-Event-Serious-Adverse-Event-reporting-SOP-v3.0-21.07.2023.pdf)\\\nBASIS03 – [Protocol non-compliance reporting](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS03-Protocol-non-compliance-reporting-v3.0-08.02.2023-1.pdf)\\\nBASIS04 - [Administration of wear-time sensors](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS04-Administration-of-wear-time-sensors-SOP-v3.0-08.02.2023-1.pdf)\\\nBASIS05 – [Image transfer](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS05-Image-Transfer-SOP-v3-08.02.2023-1.pdf)\n\n### Protocol:\n\n[BASIS protocol v5.0 12.01.2026](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-protocol-v5.0-12.01.2026.pdf)\\\n[BASIS protocol v4.0 25.01.2024](img\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-protocol-v4.0-25.01.2024.pdf)\\\n[BASIS protocol v3.0 08.08.2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-protocol-v3.0-08.08.2022_clean-copy.pdf)\\\n[BASIS Protocol v2.3 08.02.2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002F291133-BASIS-protocol-v2.3-08.02.2022-clean-version-signed.pdf)\n\n### Staff newsletters:\n\n[December 2025](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-December-2025.pdf)\\\n[June 2025](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_June-2025.pdf)\\\n[February 2025](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_February-2025.pdf)\\\n[September 2024](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-September-2024.pdf)\\\n[April 2024](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_April-2024.pdf)\\\n[January 2024](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_January-2024.pdf)\\\n[September 2023](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_September-2023.pdf)\\\n[June 2023](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_June-2023.pdf)\\\n[March 2023](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_March-2023-1.pdf)\\\n[October 2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter_October-2022.pdf)\\\n[August 2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-Aug-2022.pdf)\\\n[May 2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-May-2022.pdf)\\\n[February 2022](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-February-2022.pdf)\\\n[August 2021](img\u002Fbasis\u002FBASIS-staff-newsletter-August.pdf)\n\n### Full time bracing information\n\nWe encourage you to use your standard full time brace information leaflets for patients, but if needed, an example information sheet for patients in full time braces is available at the link below:\n\n[https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002FDownloads](https:\u002F\u002Fbritscoliosis.org.uk\u002FDownloads)","## Downloads",{"url":479,"width":78,"height":94},"basis\u002Fbasis-content-image-13-1000w.png","\u002Fpages\u002Fstaff.en",{"title":37},"pages\u002Fstaff.en","0hsBVA6zgOIi1vyeFaW0PpL-gk1Ebm1_DS5-2_WnVpw",{"id":485,"title":486,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":487,"navigation":20,"path":499,"seo":500,"stem":501,"__hash__":502},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fstudy-locations.en.json","Study locations",{"pageTitle":486,"pageMetadata":488,"page_content":489},{"htmlTitle":486,"htmlDesc":486},[490,496],{"type":71,"title":491,"sectionSettings":492,"text":493,"image":494,"settings":495},"# Study locations",{"sectionLabel":486,"theme":74},"**This research will enable us to make recommendations about what is working and what can be improved to support patients following discharge with acute pancreatitis, especially mental health.**",{"url":173,"width":78,"height":79},{"imgPosition":81},{"type":152,"text":153,"sectionSettings":497,"componentName":156,"componentOptions":498},{"textAlign":116,"sectionLabel":155},{"mapTitle":158},"\u002Fpages\u002Fstudy-locations.en",{"title":486},"pages\u002Fstudy-locations.en","fFYOcWyDdZuRgs7_HNdB-1Qapa__kgko4_-cAZ3vYzQ",{"id":504,"title":505,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":506,"navigation":20,"path":570,"seo":571,"stem":572,"__hash__":573},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Ftaking-part.en.json","Take Part",{"pageTitle":505,"pageMetadata":507,"page_content":510},{"htmlTitle":508,"htmlDesc":509},"Information about taking part in the BASIS study","Information to help prospective participants you decide whether or not to take part in the BASIS study.",[511,518,530],{"type":71,"sectionSettings":512,"title":513,"text":514,"image":515,"settings":517,"strapline":122},{"textAlign":85,"theme":74},"# Take Part","**You have been asked if you would like to take part in the BASIS study because your doctor thinks either type of back brace used in the study will be suitable for you. Please read the information below to help you decide whether or not you would like to take part.**",{"url":516,"width":78,"height":79},"basis\u002Fbasis-header-02-1000w.png",{"imgPosition":81},{"type":83,"sectionSettings":519,"settings":520,"text":521,"title":297,"image":522,"links":523},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":201},{"imgWidth":88,"imgPosition":81,"textPosition":85},"## Overview \n**If you decide you would like to take part in the BASIS study, you and your parents will be asked to sign a form to show you are happy to take part.**\n\nYour doctor will then let you know which type of brace you will be given – this will either be a brace to wear for most of the day (a full-time brace) or a brace to wear only at night-time (a night-time brace). This will be chosen through a process called randomisation which is a fair process where patients are as likely to be assigned to full-time bracing as night-time bracing. This produces groups that are as equivalent as possible to enable a fair comparison.\n\n We will email you some questionnaires to complete, which we will send to you every six months whilst you are in the study. You will also have some spine x-rays which will be the same as if you had brace treatment but were not in the study.\n ### Patient Information\n**Before you decide if you would like to take part, it is important that both you and your parents understand what is involved. Please follow the links below for more information:**",{"url":465,"width":78,"height":94},[524,527],{"title":214,"target":20,"link":525,"summary":122,"icon":526,"iconPosition":221},{"title":214,"url":341,"target":20},{"iconName":219,"iconSize":220},{"title":344,"target":20,"link":528,"summary":122,"icon":529,"iconPosition":221},{"title":344,"url":346,"target":20},{"iconName":219,"iconSize":220},{"type":112,"section_settings":531,"settings":534,"text":537,"cards":538,"sectionSettings":568},{"textAlign":85,"sectionLabel":532,"customClass":533},"Video Modals","CardVideoText",{"headerLevel":119,"headerFontSize":535,"alignCards":221,"maxCardsPerRow":535,"wholeClickable":120,"cardTheme":536,"alignCardContent":85},"4","light","#### To find out more about what we mean by research, please watch the following videos:",[539,547,554,561],{"type":540,"title":541,"video":542,"image":545},"card_modal_video","What is a trial?",{"vimeoId":543,"videoTitle":541,"videoTranscript":544},"821230137?h=c274b10b3b","### What is a trial? \n\nA trial is a way to test something. So, a medical trial can be used to test treatments.\n\nFor example, if a new medicine is better than what is used at the moment…or how safe a treatment is. \n\nTrials can be different sizes, from a single set of patients in one city, to patients all over the country and abroad, in many research centres.\n\nUsually in a trial, some patients receive one treatment while others receive another. \n\nThe decision about which patients receive which treatment, is usually made by computer. \n\nThis is called randomisation.  So the patient, nurse or doctor don’t make the decision.\n\nRandomisation means each treatment is given to a similar mix of patients to make sure the results are not due to anything else, like their age or where they live.  \n\nUsually the patient, nurse or doctor will only find out which treatment a patient has received at the end of the trial.",{"url":546},"16-9-video-thumb-1-2x.png",{"type":540,"title":548,"video":549,"image":552},"Why do we do trials?",{"vimeoId":550,"videoTitle":548,"videoTranscript":551},"823310475?h=6fd5532ce2","### Why do we do trials? \n\nWe might think a new treatment is going to be better than what is used at the moment. \n\nBut we cannot know until we test it in a trial.\n\nSo trials are needed to compare treatments, and find out what works best. \n\nThis helps us improve the care given to patients, including children and teenagers. \n\nFor patients there are positives about being in a trial. \n\nThe results from trials can also help other patients as well as patients in the future, by finding out which treatments work best. \n\nThis means that many treatments you are given have already been tested safely in trials with other people.",{"url":553},"16-9-video-thumb-2-2x.png",{"type":540,"title":555,"video":556,"image":559},"Consent and assent",{"vimeoId":557,"videoTitle":555,"videoTranscript":558},"823449302?h=8de0896eab","### Consent and Assent \n\nMedical care and treatment can only be given to you if you and your parents give consent. \n\nThat means you agree to it. \n\nAnd you can only give consent properly if you understand the treatment and what will happen to you. You may need to ask questions and take time to decide.\n\nConsent is also needed for medical research, such as a trial. A trial cannot include you unless the trial has been explained to you and you agree voluntarily. \n\nThat means you have the right to say yes or no, and you make your decision without any pressure. \n\nYour parents will consent for you if you are aged under 16 years. Just as they make some other decisions about you. And because your views are important the people working on the trial will also tell you about it. \n\nThen if you agree to take part you would sign a form. This is called giving assent.",{"url":560},"16-9-video-thumb-3-2x.png",{"type":540,"title":562,"video":563,"image":566},"Who is in a research team?",{"vimeoId":564,"videoTitle":562,"videoTranscript":565},"823455741?h=1125b984c5","### Who is in a research team?\n\nTrials usually involve lots of different people.\n\nYou’ll meet some of these people if you take part in a trial.\n\nSome of them work behind the scenes and you won’t even see them.\n\nThe principal investigator sometimes called the chief investigator leads the study, and this is likely to be a doctor or researcher.\n\nA research nurse or study nurse will usually look after you during the trial and collect information about you.\n\nSometimes this work is done by the doctor looking after you, your GP or the hospital doctor.\n\nScientists and researchers study your blood samples and the results of the tests.\n\nThe data manager enters this data into the computer.\n\nThe statistician will analyse the data to make sure the maths is right.\n\nThey all work together as a team to make sure the trial runs well.",{"url":567},"16-9-video-thumb-4-2x.png",{"sectionLabel":569,"theme":16,"textAlign":116},"Modal video card test","\u002Fpages\u002Ftaking-part.en",{"title":505},"pages\u002Ftaking-part.en","9r_trbQf09l5hZkt_3Fl-h87XES5GGkYmN5Dn758GAE",{"id":575,"title":576,"body":16,"description":16,"extension":5,"meta":577,"navigation":20,"path":635,"seo":636,"stem":637,"__hash__":638},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fteam.en.json","Team",{"pageTitle":576,"pageMetadata":578,"page_content":579},{"htmlTitle":576,"htmlDesc":576},[580,586],{"type":71,"title":581,"sectionSettings":582,"text":122,"image":584,"settings":585},"# The TRIAL Team",{"sectionLabel":583,"theme":74},"Team HEADER",{"url":173,"width":78,"height":79},{"imgPosition":81},{"type":112,"sectionSettings":587,"settings":589,"text":597,"cards":598},{"textAlign":116,"sectionLabel":588},"Study Team",{"alignCardContent":116,"showAllOnLoad":20,"categoriseWhenShowAll":20,"wholeClickable":20,"cardCategories":590,"headerLevel":119,"cardTheme":74,"numberedCards":120,"maxCardsPerRow":119,"isFilterable":20,"headerFontSize":119,"alignCards":116},[591,593,595],{"title":592},"Chief investigators",{"title":594},"Co-investigators",{"title":596},"Research staff","## Study Team\n\nThe research team has a lot of experience in caring for patients with AP and are active in health research.",[599,605,611,617,620,623,626,629,632],{"type":125,"image":600,"title":602,"summary":603,"categories":604},{"url":601,"width":78,"height":130},"study-card-images-4-1000w.jpg","Mr Matthew Lee","**Chief Investigator**\n\nBirmingham Health Partners (BHP) Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon",[592],{"type":125,"image":606,"title":608,"summary":609,"categories":610},{"url":607,"width":78,"height":130},"study-card-images-5-1000w.jpg","Joseph Bloggs","**Trial Manager**\n\nConsectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",[592],{"type":125,"image":612,"title":614,"summary":615,"categories":616},{"url":613,"width":78,"height":130},"study-card-images-6-1000w.jpg","Jane B. 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