How can I register my interest?
Download and read the CHANTS Participant Information Sheet (PDF)
Take a short survey to register your interest.
Recruitment is closed
This study is a new non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) Human Challenge Study.
The study involves:
- A pre-screening telephone call
- A screening visit(s)
- A 7-day quarantine stay at either Hammersmith or Charing Cross Hospital.
- Follow-up visits daily for a week post-discharge from quarantine, then four more visits spread over the year.
Find out more about the CHANTS study
Hear from the study's lead Dr Malick Gibani, our trial participants Juda and Darcy and Robert Varro, our Senior Clinical Nurse on why this study is important and what it involves.
Study summary
Healthy volunteers will be “challenged” (deliberately infected) with one of two strains of a particular bacteria called Salmonella Typhimurium. This is a common type of bacteria that normally causes a gut infection (gastroenteritis – diarrhoea and vomiting) in healthy adults.
We want to do this to learn more about the infection and speed up testing new vaccines.
The study is taking place in a quarantine unit at the either Hammersmith or Charing Cross Hospital in London, so that volunteers can be closely monitored to make sure that they don’t develop a more severe infection and so that we can start treatments (like antibiotics) as soon as possible. We also want to make sure that there is minimal risk of passing on the infection to other people not in the study.
This study aims to recruit up to 80 volunteers who will be given the bacteria in a drink in a safe, controlled environment under medical supervision. Only healthy volunteers can take part, because they are at very low risk of developing serious symptoms.
If you are eligible to take part, you will be compensated up to £3,237 for your time and inconvenience.
The study is being funded by Wellcome Trust.
If you are interested in finding out more, please read the CHANTS Participant Information Sheet (PDF).
If you have read the Study Information Booklet and are still interested, please click the link below to open and complete a short questionnaire to check you are suitable for the study and to submit your contact details to the study team. The study team will then contact you by telephone to discuss the study in detail. We will ask you some further questions relating to your eligibility for the study and answer any questions you may have.
Following the pre-screening telephone call, you may then be invited for a screening visit in person if you meet the basic eligibility criteria.
Questions for CHANTS
- Who is conducting this study?
- What is Salmonella (NTS) and why is it important?
- What is the CHANTS study?
- What does the study involve?
- Who can participate in this study?
- What will quarantine be like?
- Are there any potential benefits?
- What are the risks of taking part?
- Study locations
- Who has approved this study?
- News and publications
Contact us
To get in touch with a member of the study team, please email chants@imperial.ac.uk or call us +44(0)78 9498 6332