- In December, Anna Schurer participated in a Podcast with Joel Nelson, of the ‘chronic pain club’. Watch the podcast here.
- The follow-up results of the DISC trial were published in October 2024. The main conclusion is: Collagenase injections were not as good or as safe as surgery. Find a summary of the results and some infographics here: DISC trial results
- Ventoux Biosciences CEO Kurt Harrington recorded a podcast with Anna Schurer, about Anna’s journey with Dupuytren’s and the British Dupuytren’s Society. It is number four in the series. You can listen to it on their YouTube channel.
- A new collagenase is one step closer to clinical use. Connext has started the first patient trials in Australia, injecting their recombinant collagenase in various doses to find out the best amount to inject into a cord.
- VentouxBiosciences have released a webinar recording on the progress they are making in the search for a medical treatment for us.
- Organisations for the 2025 Dupuytren Conference have started, It will be held in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Prof Ilse Degreef. We have set up a conference page on our Teemill shop, with some merchandise with the logo or the banner on it.
- The 2024 Dupuytren Award has been announced. It is a joint award again. The winners are:
In the category “Clinical Research”: Anneke de Haan et al.”Radiotherapy for Ledderhose disease: Results of the LedRad-study, a prospective multicentre randomised double-blind phase 3 trial” Radiother. Oncol. 185 (2023) 109718
In the category “Basic Research” :Lisa Oezel and Vera Grotheer (jointly) et al. “Dupuytren’s Disease Is Mediated by Insufficient TGF-β1 Release and Degradation” Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Oct 11;24(20):15097
- For a planned study into the value of pre-surgical therapy interventions such as learning what to expect after surgery in the way of exercises, wound care, timeline for recovery, patients were asked to take a survey. The results can be found here: patient survey summary for BDS
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