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
Welcome to the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU) based within the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth.
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 – working with us .
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) and currently receives National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) CTU support funding. This funding has been awarded to support the Unit in developing and supporting NIHR research studies.
We work in partnership with clinicians, researchers, the NIHR Research Design Service South West, 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 publications page.
Some examples of recent work
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
