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Islington Tribune - by SARA NEWMAN
Published: 29 August 2008

Inquest rules out drug trial link to death

A KIDNEY patient involved in a new drug trial died hours after he had an operation to treat a snoring problem, a St Pancras inquest has heard.
IT consultant Jason Liecier, 34, of Mildmay Street, Canonbury, was being given dialysis three times a week and had been placed on the kidney transplant waiting list.
He had an operation to his palate at the Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital in Gray’s Inn Road, Kings Cross, on May 29 and was found dead at his home three days later.
Police had been alerted after his girlfriend, Sibongile Ndashe, who was in South Africa at the time, became concerned when he stopped replying to her texts.
Ms Ndashe, an international rights lawyer, said Mr Liecier had told her his throat felt sore and he was feeling tired after the operation.
Any link between his death and the operation or his involvement with the clinical drug trial was ruled out at the inquest. St Bart’s Hospital consultant nephrologist Dr Mark Blunden told the inquest the side-effects of Mr Liecier’s illness prevented him from making sufficient vitamin D, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
An autopsy showed there were no adverse effects, haemorrhage or infection from the operation to Mr Liecier’s palate.
Coroner Dr Andrew Reid said Mr Liecier had an underlying cardiac disease which was a consequence of his kidney failure. “The drug trial in which he was engaged had no abnormal contribution to his death,” he added. Verdict: natural causes.

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