10 June 2022
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly problems seen in GP surgeries. SupportBack2 is a randomised controlled trial looking at supporting patients to self-manage LBP with an internet intervention.
20 May 2022
To coincide with the International Clinical Trials Day today (May 20th), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched TrialBlazers - a campaign that recognises the life-changing contribution participants make to health and care research.
27 April 2022
An NIHR-funded study being delivered in the West of England is trialling how one drug can improve the risk of falls in patients living with Parkinson’s.
06 April 2022
The winning nominees for the CRN West of England Research Awards were announced at the inaugural ceremony on 24 March.
23 March 2022
Volunteers from across Bristol will have the opportunity to take part in one of the world’s first Omicron-specific COVID-19 variant vaccine studies, as biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the NIHR.
04 March 2022
A study that aims to find new ways of identifying and treating brain tumours has opened in Bristol.
16 February 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Bristol, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
09 February 2022
The shortlist for the West of England Research Awards has been announced, featuring selected nominees for each of the nine categories.
24 January 2022
Last month, the Research and Innovation team at Great Western Hospital (GWH) recruited the world's first participant to the Conduction System Pacing Optimized Therapy (CSPOT) Study.
22 December 2021
Local people across the West of England with newly confirmed COVID-19 are being urged to take part in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of new oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 - which can be safely taken at home.
21 December 2021
After an unprecedented couple of years, the Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) will be hosting an awards ceremony to recognise the hard work and achievements of those working within research in the region.
25 November 2021
Dr Jonathan Rodrigues has been awarded Outstanding Clinical Radiology Researcher of 2021 by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the NIHR.
05 November 2021
The latest COVID-19 vaccine booster study is to launch in Bath and Gloucester, this month. Around six hundred volunteers are set to be recruited to the study across the UK.
03 November 2021
Sign up for our online webinar, being held on Tuesday 16 November from 11am-12pm, to get answers to any questions you might have about a career in health and social care research.
11 October 2021
People are invited to join a webinar to ask their questions of leading experts about diabetes research.
01 October 2021
Research has found that it is safe for people to receive a flu vaccine at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine. Reported side effects were mainly mild to moderate, and there were no negative impacts on the immune response produced by either vaccine when both were given on the same day, in opposite arms.
22 September 2021
Researchers in Bristol are to begin running the latest University of Oxford-led Com-COV study, looking into different COVID-19 vaccination schedules for young people aged 12 to 16.
16 August 2021
A report published by the Clinical Research Network (CRN) West of England has shown that the majority of people who volunteered to take part in research in the region would consider taking part in a study again.
05 August 2021
Participants and local research teams in Bristol have contributed important data to research which shows that treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.
07 July 2021
Ifan Jones has been announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE).
02 July 2021
Volunteers in Bristol are being asked to take part in a study using a Oxford/AstraZeneca variant vaccine, aimed at preventing the Beta COVID-19 variant.
25 June 2021
The Participant in Research Experience Survey (PRES) 2021-22 has launched across the West of England.
20 May 2021
The latest data released by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has shown that clinical research in the West of England saw a 73% increase in recruitment in the last year.
27 April 2021
Volunteers from the Bristol area are being asked to sign up to the latest COVID-19 vaccine study to be rolled out across the UK. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-supported Valneva Phase 2/3 study, will be run at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust, and is open to healthy adults who have not had a previous COVID-19 vaccine.
26 March 2021
Researchers at the Bristol Trials Centre (CTEU) at the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) are leading 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), will determine whether booster COVID-19 vaccines should be given at the same time as flu vaccines.
