The Sunflower Study

UK-wide RCT looking to determine whether testing for CBD stones before gallbladder surgery is effective or not in patients at low or moderate risk of CBD stones

[Zaher Toumi MD @ZaherToumi]

Many congratulations to everyone who has been involved in the @SunflowerStudy .

The study is exemplary. Important research question. Excellent design. Collaborative effort. Great leadership. Very meaningful clinical results. Cost savings.

Thank you to my team @CDDFTRnI

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

This week the @SunflowerStudy team presented at @ictmc2026
The oral and poster presentations covered our use of NHSE HES data and the complexity in designing a pragmatic study with a flexible standard of care.
We look forward to publishing our full study results very soon!

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

👋Hi @SunflowerStudy community
Sorry we've been away, we have been working hard to get our data nice and clean 🧽🧹
Thank you for responding to our monitoring requests 🙏

🔜Watch out for news of a short extension to follow up to end of Aug. We will be in touch!
#SunflowerStudy

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

✨🌻Follow-up data collection is coming along smoothly! Thank you to our site teams for helping make this phase successful.
We will be in touch soon regarding an update to our follow up phase in the @SunflowerStudy
#SunflowerStudy ✨🌻

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

✨🌻 We’re excited to continue our work on the Sunflower Study this year, focusing on gathering, monitoring, and cleaning follow-up data. Thank you to everyone involved, your efforts make a real difference. Here’s to another year of growth and collaboration! 🌻✨#SunflowerStudy🌻

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

The holiday season is here, and we're so grateful for our incredible community of @Sunflowerstudy researchers, participants, and supporters. Sending warm wishes for the holidays and a bright new year ahead! #SunflowerStudy #JoyfulSeason

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Hi all! 🌻🌻🌻
In case you haven't seen it, our new @SunflowerStudy Winter 2024 patient newsletter is now out.
Please find a link below to our website, where you can view this and any other study updates as they happen!
https://t.co/Rxd0CEjBe8

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

@Sunflowerstudy is in follow up so please remember:
Data cleaning = attention to detail 🔍
All data are reviewed carefully to ensure accurate results. Thank you to our amazing NHS sites and especially our statistician for their dedication during this stage 🙏
#TheSunflowerStudy

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

We are having a change up of staff at the coordination centre, Kaltun will be leaving us and Ai Tee will be joining the team. Welcome Ai Tee to the Sunflower Study🎉

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Morning Sunflowers 🌻
Now we have finished recruiting to the study, we are focusing our efforts on getting complete data for our participants. Thank you all for your continued engagement!
Site teams - keep an eye out for our emails📩

[Martin Sinclair @QI_surgeon]

@ESNEFTResearch Great to be involved @SunflowerStudy .It was @Karagiannidis93 @ESNEFTResearch and team that did all the work. Well done all!

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Shoutout tweet for our the sites who joined from October 2023🎉
@ESNEFT @HullHospitals @sathNHS @RoyalStokeED
Thank you for your amazing work and contributions to Sunflower recruitment🌻

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Morning 🌻 Teams
Earlier this week, we sent out the full league table showing total recruitment for all sites in Sunflower. Check emails📩and see below⬇️
Thank you all for your amazing efforts in recruitment 🎉

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Morning 🌻Teams!
The last monthly league table has been sent out
check 📩 and see below.
We will be sending out a full recruitment league table out soon, so keep an eye out!

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

We have REACHED THE RECRUITMENT TARGET🎯
Thank you all for your amazing work to make this happen👏
Please check yesterdays email📩
Randomisations stopping 5pm today (30/08/24)
🏆 goes to @LTHTResearch for recruiting the 7457th patient!

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Sunflower Teams🌻we are almost there... 🥁
with 2 left to go!
Thank you ALL for recruiting over the bank holiday weekend👏
Can we get there tomorrow?
Can your site get the mystery prize 👀

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Happy Friday 🌻 Teams
We have 10 left to go!
Thank you all for your continuous hard work!
Let's finish this in August 💪
PS. Mystery prize for very final recruit 🏆

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

The countdown continues with 11 to go 🎉
Almost at the final 10!
Thank you ALL👏
Let's continue to reach that🎯

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Good morning🌻teams
We have 18 left to go 🥳
Can we get there in the last two weeks of August?

[The Sunflower Study @SunflowerStudy]

Happy Friday🌻Teams,
We are half-way through August, with ...🥁
19 patients left to recruit!
Thank you ALL
Let's reach the finish line this month🏅and reach that 🎯