Connecting with diverse groups of people is an aspect of clinical trials that Anjali, Clinical Trials Manager & Epidemiologist at SITU-NDORMS thrives on! Anjali is currently the trial manager of the GEKO study: geko.octru.ox.ac.uk #ICTD2026 @geko-study.bsky.social @situ-oxford.bsky.social

GEKO team are delighted to have passed the pilot phase of this important NIHR funded GAE study. 11 excellent sites are open and 35 participants randomised. NIHR are pleased with progress, and we are opening more sites shortly to achieve our target of 216 participants randomised.

Davy and Nick representing GEKO at the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) conference in Glasgow earlier this month.

Congratulations to University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, who have now opened for recruitment to the GEKO study! They are our 11th site opened! @uhdnhs.bsky.social

Congratulations to Barts Health NHS Trust, who have now opened for recruitment to the GEKO study! They are our 10th site opened! @NHSBartsHealth

Congratulations to Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, who have now opened for recruitment to the GEKO study! They are our 9th site opened! @CUH_NHS

Raman and Anjali presenting GEKO at the British Society of Interventional Radiologists 2025 annual conference in Liverpool. Thanks to all the hospital teams who came to say hello! @SITU_Oxford @HullHospitals @nhsuhcw @OUHospitals @ImperialNHS @nhsUHLG @ResearchNBT @CambridgeNHS

Congratulations to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who have now opened for recruitment to the GEKO study! @nhsuhlg.bsky.social

GEKO has today randomised its first participant! Huge thank you to the team at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

🦎 Closing the treatment gap in knee osteoarthritis — the GEKO trial begins ➡️ buff.ly/Vh53gSH "If successful, GAE could represent a major shift in the management of knee osteoarthritis — offering a minimally invasive procedure that helps patients manage pain and improve their quality of life."

Delighted to announce that Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, Oxford University Hospitals, and Imperial College Healthcare have all now opened as sites to the GEKO study!

Congratulations to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who have opened as the second site in the GEKO study! Looking at embolisation as a possible method to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain.

Delighted to announce the GEKO study has opened with Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust as our first site who have already screened their first possible participant! Looking at embolisation as a possible method to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain.