18 July 2021
A major new consortium involving the University of Exeter, has been awarded £6.8 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to conduct the largest clinical study of long COVID over the next two years.
12 July 2021
More than 170 members of staff at Devon Partnership NHS Trust have signed up to become Research Champions in a bid to raise awareness of the benefits of research among health and care workers as well as patients.
12 July 2021
A South West bladder cancer expert has contributed to a podcast exploring why advances in treatment identified through research have been slow to enter clinical practice.
12 July 2021
Volunteers in Plymouth are taking part in a study using an Oxford/AstraZeneca variant vaccine, aimed at preventing the Beta COVID-19 variant.
08 July 2021
A world-leading research team from Exeter has been announced as the winner of a prestigious national award for their “outstanding” contribution to NIHR gastroenterology studies.
07 July 2021
A philanthropic grant from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation will support the establishment of a pioneering multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) clinical trial platform to quickly assess potential protective therapies that may slow or stop Parkinson’s progression.
06 July 2021
The latest NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) annual statistics show the extraordinary impact the South West Peninsula made in delivering vital clinical research during the 2020/21 pandemic.
15 June 2021
Michael Visick has been announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula.
09 June 2021
Nine out of 10 people in the South West who took part in a research study – including COVID-19 vaccine trials – would consider taking part in clinical research again, the findings of a new survey reveal.
20 May 2021
More than 45,000 people took part in health and care research across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset last year – with nearly 30,000 people across the region getting involved in COVID-19 related studies.
19 May 2021
Volunteers from Exeter and the surrounding areas will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new clinical trial launching this week, the Health Secretary has announced.
13 May 2021
People aged 65 and under who have received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are needed to take part in a clinical trial running at Newquay Health Centre and Knowle House Surgery in Crownhill, Plymouth. The new ComFluCOV study could set the foundations for how booster COVID-19 vaccinations are delivered in the future.
26 April 2021
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-supported Valneva Phase 2/3 study will be run at Derriford Hospital, managed by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, in collaboration with researchers from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The study is open to healthy adults who have not had a previous COVID-19 vaccine.
26 April 2021
People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume they are protected after a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, after a large-scale study led by researchers in Exeter, found many had poor antibody responses.
15 April 2021
Researchers at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust are running a new study which could set the foundations for how booster COVID-19 vaccinations are delivered in the future. The study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula (CRN SWP), will determine whether booster COVID-19 vaccines should be given at the same time as flu vaccines.
07 April 2021
It’s been nearly a year since Claire Bewshea’s work and personal life were impacted by COVID-19. As the Project Manager of a major UK study investigating whether patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at an increased risk of COVID-19, called the CLARITY Study, Claire has had to think outside of the box to bring research to at-risk patients, all whilst dealing with the physical ongoing effects of long COVID.
01 April 2021
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial, delivered locally by the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter and involving over 500 volunteers from in and around Exeter, has now published a new set of promising results.
23 March 2021
New evidence indicates the commonly-prescribed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) drug infliximab blunts the immune system to COVID-19 infection, potentially increasing the risk of reinfection.
22 March 2021
A 66-year-old great grandfather has spoken about his reasons for joining a COVID-19 vaccine research study in Cornwall.
18 March 2021
An Exeter man who joined a clinical trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine after his Grandson recovered from being seriously ill with COVID has said he was delighted with the successful outcome of the trials, and has suggested to his friends that they should volunteer in future.
16 March 2021
Forty-four-year-old Dottie, from Redruth, has shared her experience of taking part in a COVID-19 vaccine study in the hope more people will do the same.
15 March 2021
People across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset have played an important role in reaching this remarkable milestone, with more than 15,000 participants taking part in nationally-prioritised COVID-19 studies, supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula.
04 March 2021
A NIHR-supported study, running across the South West, evaluating potential COVID-19 treatments that can be taken at home will now expand for the first time to include adults of any age.
01 March 2021
Join healthcare specialists working in COVID-19 vaccine research in the South of England to learn what we know about COVID-19 vaccines so far and the role research can continue to play.
24 February 2021
The South West is playing its part in the recruitment of volunteers to dementia research studies.
