@EdinUniECTU

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, supporting high quality clinical studies from early stage design to full study delivery and reporting. UKCRC registered

 Edinburgh, Scotland
clinicaltrials.ed.ac.uk/
Joined September 2015
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ECTU Staff are currently working using a hybrid model (at home/in office working). Email remains the best way to contact us. Contact details are available on our website ed.ac.uk/usher/edinburgh-cli…
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Scotland is set to receive its first total-body scanner in a boost to #ClinicalResearch that aims to improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of complex, multi-organ diseases. The facility will be jointly managed by @UofGlasgow and @EdinburghUni.
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🆕 .@UofGlasgow is proud to be part of the new National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) – the UK's first national total-body PET imaging platform for drug discovery research. More 👉 gla.ac/3rvcwP3 #NPIP
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Great to see Cardiac CARE Trial in print. Does high sensitivity troponin identify anthracycline treated patients who benefit from neurohormonal blockade?Grateful to trial participants and fantastic Cardiac CARE collaborators.#Cardioonc @ninianlang @HighSTEACS @ICOSociety
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Vacancy: Trial Management Support Officer @EdinUniECTU @EdinUniUsher elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…

Trial Management Support Officer

The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an enthusiastic Trial Management Support Officer to join our team.

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Are you involved in the design and delivery of clinical trials? 🧑‍🔬 We need you to share examples of guidance you follow on public involvement to help us develop the new clinical trial guidelines. Complete our survey ➡️ hra.nhs.uk/about-us/news-upd…
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Richard Parker @EdinUniECTU and I on why you should think about clinical importance when doing RCT sample size calculations link.springer.com/article/10…

The importance of clinical importance when determining the target difference in sample size...

Trials - Recently, it was argued that clinically important differences should play no role in sample size calculations. Instead, it was proposed that sample size calculations should focus on...

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🫄 🎆🎉Over 500 participants now enrolled in @born_scotland Thanks to all who have joined 🥳
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Another great day talking about clinical trials with the @stcolumbasfife S6 Advanced Higher Biology students. Thanks to @EdinUniECTU for making this possible and to @stcolumbasfife, @ColumbaHub and @StCsRC_tech for the invitation.
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We're Hiring! Clinical Trials Administrator (ref 7411) Data Manager - Digitally-enabled Trials (ref 7496) Senior Trial Manager - Start-up Specialist (ref 7505) Data Analyst - Digitally-enabled Trials (ref 7477) Trial Management Support Officer (ref 7346) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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Delighted to share biggest paper yet from GenOMICC study. Our first report found 5 genes underlying critical covid, one of which pointed to an effective new treatment (baricitinib). Now we report 49 genes & multiple new drug options nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Speaking at the regional @WiDS_Worldwide event in Edinburgh #WiDS2023, thanks to @EdinUniECTU and @AUKCAR for their support
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The MARVEL Trial is a new clinical trial opportunity from the University of Edinburgh. The trial is looking for people with active ulcerative colitis to take part in a study. Find out more: crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-…
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✅Would you like a heart health check?❤️ 😀Researchers are looking for people to take part in a project which aims to determine the best way of preventing heart attacks. ✅Sign up to SHARE today! registerforshare.org #HeartAttackPrevention #HealthResearch #NHSLothian
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Excellent morning taking about clinical trials with the human biology students at @BalwearieHigh. Once again to @EdinUniECTU for making this possible.
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We're hiring! Vacancy for Senior Trial Manager/Start-up Specialist (Grade UE08). Apply online until 17/2/23 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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“Variation in hospital cost trajectories at the end of life by age, multimorbidity and cancer type” – study based on Scottish population-wide data. Published in @IJPDS by @EdinCRC @EdinUni_IGC @EdinUniECTU investigators and colleagues (open access) 👇: ijpds.org/article/view/1768
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New Year - New Career? If you are interested in science, improving patient choices & treatments, and enjoy working as part of a team, there are many options within academic clinical trials. Find out more below or visit ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/ #UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials
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Delighted to welcome Tony & Fiona to our new shop in #Morningside. They're taking part in the #BHF-funded SCOT-HEART 2 trial at @EdinburghUni, led by Prof David Newby @EdinUniCVS, which aims to prevent heart attacks. Every item sold in our shops funds lifesaving research. ❤️ 🔬
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New to #ClinicalResearch and research methodologies? Start your journey here with @EDIresmeth and @WTCRF_Education @RCPEdin @RCPSGTrainees @rcpsglasgow @RCPhysicians @RCPI_news @RCSI_Irl @RCSnews @theRCN @AoMRC @AoMRCTrainees @NHS_Education @NHS_HealthEdEng @NHSEmployers
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In Trial Data & Beyond (PS.8A) hear about re-identification risk scores (Aryelly Rodriguez @EdinUniECTU), developing a prototype tool to aid mapping trial data to CDISC (Jonno Gibb @livuni_LCTC), & the Role of In Silico Modelling in Surgical Trials (Deb Stocken @LeedsCTRU). 2/5
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