04 March 2021
PRINCIPLE is the UK’s largest national priority platform trial evaluating Covid-19 treatments that can be taken at home to speed-up recovery and prevent hospital admission.
03 March 2021
For many of us restarting research is only in relation to recruitment and face to face visits with study patients.
01 March 2021
The North East and North Cumbria has recruited a significant number of participants to the Multi-centre EuRopean study of MAjor Infectious Disease Syndromes: Acute Respiratory Infections in Adults (MERMAIDS-ARI) study.
26 February 2021
In the region we are lucky to have the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre. Launched in November 2014, the Centre brings together and consolidates Newcastle’s distinguished, international and world-leading record in research and care for neuromuscular diseases.
24 February 2021
On Monday 22 February, Public Health England published the first independent analysis in the UK showing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides high levels of protection against COVID-19 infection and symptomatic disease from the first dose.
11 February 2021
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has shown that tocilizumab - an anti-inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis treatment - reduces the risk of death for hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19.
08 February 2021
“I have been involved in research for years and since becoming a Research Champion the role has widened my knowledge of research and how to promote research.”
01 February 2021
NHS researchers across the North East, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Humber regions are working together to help find vaccines for COVID-19.
29 January 2021
The NIHR-supported Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is 89.3% effective at preventing COVID-19, shown from interim analysis of its Phase III study data, including effectiveness against the new variants of concern.
27 January 2021
VOICE is a unique community of members of the public, patients, service users and carers, who contribute their ideas and experiences and get involved in research and innovation.
19 January 2021
PRES is the way in which the NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria captures feedback from research participants to better understand their experience of taking part in research.
11 January 2021
"I think that people are currently more aware of medical research due to COVID and the publicity around researching symptoms, treatments, effects and vaccines, and I hope that many people see the variety of research, stay involved and move to other projects..."
30 December 2020
People in the North East have played a key role in leading to today’s announcement to approve the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the UK.
17 December 2020
After a pause in recruitment the study has been adapted to suit coronavirus restrictions and is now reopening across the country.
16 December 2020
A UK developed vaccine and the only one so far to use an inactive version of the virus is to be trialled on UK participants from today (Wednesday 16 November).
09 December 2020
We are counting down the last 12 working days before Christmas by sharing our 12 PRAISE of Christmas...
08 December 2020
The race to find a coronavirus vaccine has been under way for some time – with the first being approved in the UK last week.
08 December 2020
The LDRSG is a Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) group, based in the North East, which gives an opportunity for researchers across the UK to discuss their research ideas and plans with a group of people with learning disabilities (PWLD).
25 November 2020
A collaboration between one of the NIHR’s new National Patient Recruitment Centres and UK sponsor company Enteromed has led to rapid recruitment to one of the first fully virtual interventional clinical trials to be conducted in England.
17 November 2020
We want to hear from people across the North East and North Cumbria who are currently undecided as to whether they would take part in NHS COVID 19 vaccine research.
16 November 2020
Six thousand UK volunteers from Monday (16 November) will be called upon to join another leading phase three Covid-19 vaccine study, as researchers around the world continue to work to secure a range of vaccines to help tackle coronavirus.
12 November 2020
Grant Shapps, Northern Powerhouse Minister, and Secretary of State for Transport, has backed the work carried out at National Patient Recruitment Centres in the North, on the day all five National Institute for Health Research sites officially launch.
05 November 2020
Following a significant rise in the number of cases and the introduction of local coronavirus restrictions across Cumbria, residents are being urged to sign up and take part in a national priority Covid-19 clinical trial from the comfort of their own homes.
30 October 2020
The study hit its recruitment target within six weeks, with the team at the Great Park, Newcastle site recruiting the most participants across 15 nationwide testing sites, with 123.
27 October 2020
“Winning this award is an incredible honour. The exposure it has given my project has been fantastic and I believe it will further raise awareness of research nursing and ultimately benefit patients on cancer trials and improve outcomes.”