New Chief Operating Officer announced to lead NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula
15 June 2021
Michael Visick has been announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula.
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.
23 February 2021
The NIHR CRN South West Peninsula Research Associate Scheme for 2021-22 is now open for applications. This scheme offers financial support to researchers to support research careers, increase recruitment into NIHR portfolio studies and to acquire skills in research methodologies to support the development of a fellowship application or externally funded grant. Applications close at 5pm Wednesday 10th March 2021.
22 February 2021
The lead chaplain of a Cornish NHS Trust has spoken about how getting involved in a COVID-19 research study has enabled her to continue to provide help to patients – and face her phobia of needles.
22 February 2021
Early data from PHE’s SIREN study, which is being run by nine NHS Trusts across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) South West Peninsula (SWP), show a promising impact on infection in healthcare workers aged under 65.
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.
04 February 2021
A cancer trial which ran at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS trust has led to the approval of pembrolizumab, also known as Keytruda, in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with the most aggressive form of breast cancer.
01 February 2021
Loneliness in adults aged 50 and over during the COVID-19 lockdown was linked to worsening depressive and other mental health symptoms, according to a large-scale online study.
29 January 2021
The NIHR-supported Novavax COVID-19 vaccine – which was trialled in Exeter and Cornwall – has demonstrated that the vaccine is 89.3% effective at preventing COVID-19.This data was identified from interim analysis of the Phase III study and included effectiveness against the new variants.