UKCRC Registration Process recognises high quality
Clinical Trials Units across the UK
27 November 2007
Forty Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) across the
UK have successfully gone through a new UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit
Registration Process. Registration is designed to improve the
quality and quantity of available expertise to carry out clinical
trials in the UK.
The registration process was coordinated by
the UK Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre on behalf of
the UKCRC. To be eligible to apply for UKCRC Registration, CTUs had
to be capable of centrally coordinating multi-centre clinical
trials and other well-designed studies, taking overall
responsibility for the design, conduct, data management, publicity
and analysis of a trial.
CTUs were required to meet a number of key
competencies, which were assessed against detailed evaluation
criteria and reviewed by an international panel. These included a
track record of experience in coordinating multi-centre clinical
trials, presence of expert staff and robust quality assurance
systems, and evidence of long term viability of capacity for trials
coordination.
The CTUs that met all of these criteria
received Full Registration. CTUs that were clearly working towards
developing sufficient expertise to enable Full Registration, but
which did not yet meet all of the criteria relating to
infrastructure, resources and experience required, received
Provisional Registration. Twenty-six CTUs were awarded Full
Registration, and fourteen were awarded Provisional
Registration.
The full list of successful CTUs is available
on the UK
Clinical Research Network website.
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