25 January 2022
The study is testing new treatments for people with COPD or bronchiectasis and offers people living with chronic lung conditions the opportunity to try a new treatment at home.
12 January 2022
Find out about a diabetes study at NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Leicester
11 January 2022
Helen tells us a bit about herself and what the PRC does
08 December 2021
Find out why Dr Adrian Palfreeman was the recipient of a recent research award
06 December 2021
The UK’s first participant has been recruited into a study at NIHR PRC: Newcastle which is investigating a new treatment for cluster headaches.
01 December 2021
The AMGEN study is evaluating the efficacy and safety of erenumab in adults with chronic migraine and medication overuse headache.
26 November 2021
The NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre Newcastle (PRC: Newcastle) is one of five UK sites delivering AERIFY-2, a study looking to investigate a new treatment for people who continue to have COPD symptoms on current medication.
26 November 2021
The win was thanks to successful collaboration between EnteroMed Ltd and the Newcastle PRC who together delivered the RELIEVE IBS-D virtual trial.
24 November 2021
This latest trial will be evaluating a new vaccine for the prevention of pertussis – more commonly known as whooping cough, a childhood disease which affects the lungs and breathing tubes.
17 November 2021
Find out how the pharmacy team supports research at NIHR PRC: Leicester
15 November 2021
Petar considers the potential of the PRC to deliver research in new ways
12 November 2021
In November 2020 the NIHR launched five Patient Recruitment Centres to enable late phase commercial clinical research to be delivered in the NHS and make it easier for people to take part in studies.
12 November 2021
Find out about a new type of insulim pump for diabetes being evaluated at PRC: Leicester
12 November 2021
Recruiting sufficient patients to randomised trials can be a familiar challenge for studies and sites, but this did not prove the case for the team at NIHR PRC: Newcastle who supported and delivered the study to ensure recruitment to time and target for the PEARL study.
12 November 2021
Find out about the impact of PRC: Leicester during its first year of operation
19 October 2021
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, working in partnership with Bradford Council was last month awarded the ‘Innovation in Building Diversity’ award from the Municipal Journal for their partnership work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
19 October 2021
Dr Thomas Burden looks back at the challenges and achievements over the last year in research
13 August 2021
The Research Ready Communities programme helps local communities to find out about what health research is, how it can benefit them, and how to take part in and shape research.
26 May 2021
Find out more about Leicester's Research Registry
26 May 2021
Find out about a new diabetes research study taking place in Leicester
20 May 2021
Volunteers from Yorkshire and Humber 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.
20 May 2021
New NIHR survey suggests public perceptions of commercial clinical research are changing.
18 May 2021
PRC: Exeter joins PRC: Bradford and PRC: Blackpool in opening recruitment for the global DAPA-MI trial which is being run in the UK and Sweden in collaboration with the Uppsala Clinical Research Centre.
17 May 2021
There are only five NIHR Patient Recruitment Centres in England and Exeter is home to the only one in the South West. But what exactly does that mean? We caught up with Patient Recruitment Centre Manager, Claire Richardson, who along with the rest of the team will try to help you answer that question!
08 April 2021
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial, delivered locally by the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Bradford has now published a new set of promising results.
