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Exeter Clinical Trials Support Network 2021
The Exeter Clinical Trials Support Network will be on Thursday 11th February 2021. Talks from include:
- BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (The BRACE Trial) by John Campbell - Professor of General Practice and Primary Care
- Managing ECoWeB, the challenges of running an online international trial by Lexy Newbold – Clinical Trial Manager
2021-02-11 ECTSN 22 Flyer Adapted.pptx
CTU cover over the Christmas Break 2020
Technical support will be available as follows:
- Tuesday December 22: Business as usual
- Wednesday December 23: University closed. Emergency CTU support available 09:00-17:00 GMT via On-call process.
- Thursday December 24: University closed. Emergency CTU support available 09:00-17:00 GMT via On-call process.
- Friday December 25: National holiday. No CTU support available.
- Saturday December 26: Weekend. No CTU support available.
- Sunday December 27: Weekend. No CTU support available.
- Monday December 28: National holiday. No CTU support available.
- Tuesday December 29: University closed. Emergency CTU support available 09:00-17:00 GMT via On-call process.
- Wednesday December 30: University closed. Emergency CTU support available 09:00-17:00 GMT via On-call process.
- Thursday December 31: University closed. Emergency CTU support available 09:00-17:00 GMT via On-call process.
- Friday January 1: National holiday. No CTU support available.
- Saturday January 2: Weekend. No CTU support available.
- Sunday January 3: Weekend. No CTU support available.
- Monday January 4: Business as usual
On-call process: Send an email to ctudata@exeter.ac.uk. A ticket will be automatically generated with the email subject as the ticket header.
EcoWeb Trial opens for recuritment
The the pan-European ECoWeB Project, lead by Professor Ed Watkins, is a study to harness smartphones to improve mental health and wellbeing in young people.
BRACE Trial opens for recuritment
BCG Vaccination to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers (BRACE Trial), Lead by Professor John Campbell. This exciting Clinical Drug Trial aims to assess the effectiveness of a BCG vaccination vs. Placebo in participants working in healthcare settings
www.mcri.edu.au/BRACE
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information for the public on the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including on the current situation in the UK and Government advice, is available here, and information on the science and facts can be found here.
Exeter CTU has put in place a number of measures to ensure the ongoing safety of trial participants and the well-being of our staff, as well as to minimise the burden on our NHS colleagues, during this challenging period.
Siobhan Creanor
Has been appointed Professor in Medical Statistics and the new Director of the CTU. Siobhan will start Monday 2nd March 2020.
Sarah Dean
Steps down from her post as Interim Director the CTU, but continues her role as Professor of Psychology Applied to Rehabilitation and Health.
Growth in The Clinical Trials Unit
We now currently have 22 trials within the CTU. 12 of these are in set-up, 7 recruiting and 3 are in follow-up. In addition to this, Clinical Research Facility (CRF) work is also being carried out.
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Papers are currently being collated within the CTU that have been published or are likely to be in press by Dec ’20. This will highlight the world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) work carried out by staff in the unit.
Rod Taylor
Has recently stepped down from his post in the CTU as Co-Director, but will continue his role as our senior statistician until Apr ‘20