Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU)
Experts in designing, developing, supporting and co-ordinating high-quality clinical trials and other well-designed studies
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Please contact us as early as possible so we can help you plan your research and include the costs of our support in your grant application. PenCTU does not provide funding for research.
If you need help with an existing study, please ensure you have sufficient funds to meet the costs of our support.
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Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Health
University of Plymouth
Room N16
ITTC 1 Building
Plymouth Science Park
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BX
At PenCTU we support the development and delivery of clinical and applied health and care research. We offer a range of services, from pre-application methodological support to full study delivery. PenCTU has expertise in designing, developing, supporting and co-ordinating high quality research studies to applicable standards and regulations –
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We have expertise in pilot trials and feasibility studies, longitudinal cohort studies, drug trials, other non-drug interventional trials, trials of complex interventions, across a broad range of clinical and health and care related areas.
PenCTU is a fully registered clinical trials unit in the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC).
We work in partnership with clinicians, researchers, the Clinical Research Network and other partners from across the South West Peninsula and beyond.
If you are interested in working with us, please approach us at the earliest opportunity by completing our support request form.
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Recent publications
We have experience in project-managing a portfolio of trials, with a focus on timely delivery and data quality. Following are some recent examples of our work, for further examples see our
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Some examples of recent work
The MIRAGE Study
Mental Imagery to Reduce Alcohol-related harm in patients with alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver damaGE: the MIRAGE randomised pilot trial results.
Partners 2
Evaluation of a primary care-based collaborative care model (PARTNERS2) for people with diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar, or other psychoses: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
MIRAGE
Mental Imagery to Reduce Alcohol-related harm in patients with alcohol dependence and alcohol-related liver damaGE: the MIRAGE pilot trial protocol.
ProGroup
A group-based behavioural intervention for weight management versus usual care in adults with severe obesity: a feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol.
PD Stat
Evaluation of Simvastatin as a Disease-Modifying Treatment for Patients With Parkinson Disease.
Publications
Publications involving the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit
Video and audio
A selection of video and audio giving an introduction to Clinical Trials Units in general alongside some of our own work.
Study findings for trial participants
In this section you will find summarised results and findings of studies on our portfolio.
Choose your study below to find out more
PROGROUP
How are treatment outcomes for people with severe obesity ImPROved by GROUP-based behavioural intervention?
LoDED
RCT of the LoDED (Limit of Detection of Troponin & ECG Discharge) strategy versus usual care in adult chest pain patients attending the A&E department.
MCL Biobank
Establishing a biobank and database as a national resource for characterising indolent and aggressive forms of mantle cell lymphoma.
TOPS-UK
Teen Online Problem Solving for adolescents who have survived a brain injury in the UK (TOPS-UK): a feasibility study.
NoPac
Novel use of tranexamic acid to reduce the need for nasal packing in epistaxis.
e-coachER
A randomised controlled trial exploring the effects of adding web-based coaching to an exercise referral scheme as a way to increase physical activity.
REVERT
Postural modification to the standard Valsalva Manoeuvre for the emergency treatment of SVT (REVERT): a randomised controlled trial (RCT).
PASTIES
An open randomised trial of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) versus routine care in the emergency department.
ScrutiKnee
Scrutinising treatments for knee pain.
PD STAT
Simvastatin as a neuroprotective treatment for Parkinson’s disease – a double-blind, placebo controlled clinical learning study in patients of moderate severity.
UK Clinical Research Collaboration
Funded by NIHR
Faculty of Health