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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 27m

Helen Evans gives a rapid-fire update on the wider #UKCTUNetwork, including our strategy for 2025 – 2030 and a range of new guidance.

A great reminder of what’s possible through collaboration!

View our strategy here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/network-stra...

#ClinicalTrials #QA2025 #UKCTUNetwork

UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 38m

Will Cragg kicks off the national QA meeting with a whistle-stop tour of recent highlights and plans for future activities, not least around the new clinical trials regulations.

The next 12 months promise to be full of innovation and collaboration!

#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrialQA2025

UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 47m

Delegates are arriving for the national QA meeting!

The skies may be grey, but our welcome is warm.

Looking forward to a day of insightful talks, networking, and collaboration!

#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials #QA2025

UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 20h

Fabulous morning online with Trial Managers from around the #UKCTUNetwork. 🎉

Great to see the level of engagement and how willing people are to share their experiences and expertise.

This is just part of what makes the Network great!

Thanks to all our wonderful speakers and delegates!

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 2d

Want to explore the complexities of drug safety, from surveillance to regulation?

Join our online #pharmacovigilance short course and learn how new #medicines are assessed for cost-effectiveness and benefit versus risk.💊

Running 2 - 6 February 2026

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 2d

A busy week for the #UKCTUNetwork with a half day online meeting for Trial Managers, a full day meeting in Leeds for QA people, and a webinar on factorial designs for 150 (mostly) statisticians.

All part of our mission to share learning across our Network!

Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk

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Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU) @penctu.bsky.social · 2d

🎉The ENRICH trial🎉has been published in The Lancet - Ibrutinib and rituximab versus immunochemotherapy in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma @uhpnhs.bsky.social @cruk-mi.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social #Research #Clinicaltrial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Ibrutinib and rituximab versus immunochemotherapy in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (ENRICH): a randomised, open-label, phase 2/3 superiority trial

To our knowledge, this is the first randomised trial in untreated mantle-cell lymphoma to demonstrate significant improvement in progression-free survival for ibrutinib–rituximab compared to immunoche...

www.thelancet.com

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 5d

Are you a physician, nurse, or pharmacist looking to specialise in travel medicine?✈️🌏

Gain the knowledge, practical tools & conceptual framework needed to deliver a modern, evidence-based travel health service with our expertly designed short course.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

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MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL @mrcctu.bsky.social · 3d

Heading to #ESMO2025 in Berlin?

Make sure you catch the latest updates from our #ClinicalTrials in prostate, ovarian & kidney cancer, plus the STOPCAP meta-analysis.

Check out the full list of our posters & presentations in the image below 👇

@myesmo.bsky.social

Poster with the detailed schedule of presentations and posters from MRC CTU at UCL researchers at ESMO 2025.

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 6d

Does your child have a diagnosis of #ADHD? Are they experiencing #SleepProblems?

Our study aims to test whether a new website, Sleep Buddy, improves sleep problems in children aged 6-12 years with ADHD.

Find out more and register your interest - www.trial-deck.com/trial/sleepb...

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 7d

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!

Join us in Glasgow on 9 October 2025 for the How to Be a Great Chief Investigator for Clinical Trials workshop.

Secure one of the last few spots by 3 October 2025!

👉 Find out more & register here tinyurl.com/4a6a2jum

#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 8d

I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial?

Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3

@nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · 7d

⏳ Just one week to go until our regional networking event in Manchester!

Connect with leaders from healthcare, research and policy as we explore how to boost cross-sector collaboration and drive innovation across the North West of England💡🌍

🗓 Thursday 9 October

👉 Register now: ow.ly/gyHI50WTJjj

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 7d

Want to improve your knowledge & practice of clinical trials?

#UKCTUNetwork members offer a wide variety of learning & development opportunities covering all aspects of academic clinical research.

Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/learning-dev...

#ClinicalTrials #Training

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 7d

Sitting in on a thought-provoking #UKCTUNetwork panel on anonymised datasets - exploring consent for future use & the nuances between anonymised vs pseudonymised data and other practical & ethical issues.

Thanks to Aryelly Rodriguez (Edinburgh CTU), Victor Olago, & Sharon Love (UCL) for speaking!

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ALT: a cat wearing a pair of glasses with the words talk data to me above it

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 7d

There's nothing like a supportive and collaborative environment to help you develop!

We love to see it. 👏

#UKCTUNetwork

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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social · 9d

Our recent article;

www.linkedin.com/pulse/shapin...

#openresearch #publicengagement

Shaping Ireland’s Open Research Future: Our Journey So Far

As we prepare to enter our final two collective intelligence workshops this week, it’s worth pausing to look back at what we’ve achieved together. Over the past months, we have been building a collect...

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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 9d

If you haven't already, there's still time for members to vote in our Council elections and have your say in our future! 🗣️

Meet this year's candidates 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...

✉️ Check your email for your personalised voting link.

Voting closes midnight on Sunday 12 October.

Meet the candidates for the 2025 RSS Council elections

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MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL @mrcctu.bsky.social · 9d

💻 Come along to our next Capacity Strengthening Hub webinar with @tghn-news.bsky.social on “How to be a good trial statistician”.

🗓️ 13 October 2025
🕙 10:00-11:30 BST
📍 Online (Zoom)

Register now: lnkd.in/e4RYCqNU

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 9d

🚨 REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Join us in Glasgow on 9 Oct 2025 for the How to Be a Great Chief Investigator for Clinical Trials workshop.

Secure your spot by 3 October 2025

👉 Find out more here tinyurl.com/4a6a2jum

#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 13d

Have you recently been diagnosed with type 2 #diabetes?

Join a new #ClinicalTrial to help improve the #EarlyDiagnosis of #PancreaticCancer.

We're evaluating a new blood test to spot the signs of #cancer in its earliest stage.

Find out more and register – www.safe-d.uk

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 12d

🌟New to remote monitoring academic clinical trials? 🌟

Check out our website for tips, insights & training developed by experienced monitors in Registered CTUs: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/clinical-tri...

💬 What advice do you wish you’d had starting out?

#UKCTUNetwork #TrialMonitoring #ClinicalTrials

UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 14d

Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay when we celebrate the power of clinical research to improve cancer care & outcomes for patients.

#UKCTUNetwork CTUs play a crucial role in designing & delivering high-quality cancer trials that shape future treatment & care.

🔗 Learn more ukcrc-ctu.org.uk

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 14d

Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay.

#Research is helping to:
- Find better & faster ways to diagnose #cancer
- Find more effective & kinder treatments
- Personalise treatment to individual patients

Find out more about our #ClinicalTrials - bit.ly/40QAqn4

@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk @cancerresearchuk.org

Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (SCTU) | University of Southampton

Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (SCTU). We work at the forefront of innovative clinical research, taking discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic to provide the treatments and medical interven...

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UK CTU Network @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk · 14d

A week on from World Patient Safety Day & the work continues.

Patient safety isn’t a date in the diary - it’s a daily commitment to every patient & trial participant, every time.

We are proud to be part of a research community that puts safety first.

🔗 ukcrc-ctu.org.uk

#UKCTUNetwork