Our Expertise

Sheffield CTRU comprises a wide range of skilled and experienced staff, who all work together to ensure clinical trials at the university are designed and performed to the highest level, and in line with national and international standards.

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Our Expertise

The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) provides high-quality support in running interventional, multi-centre clinical trials and other well-designed studies from the planning and design stage right through to analysis and reporting. We work closely with investigators, the research governance sponsor and other collaborators to ensure smooth running of all study stages. Our research has had a direct impact on the care of patients and health care services in the UK and worldwide.

Trials are complex, challenging, and often expensive. Our team has experience in wide range of clinical trials and can provide advice and expertise on:

  • Study design
  • Trial management
  • Randomisation services
  • Data management
  • Statistical advice and analysis
  • Health economics
  • Quality assurance
  • Trial costing
  • Public and patient involvement and engagement

Research Support Service

CTRU is a partner of an NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Hub - University of York and Partners - which is one of the eight national RSS hubs.

Centres of excellence

The University's cross-faculty research centres harness our interdisciplinary expertise to solve the world's most pressing challenges.