HHTU News Roundup

External funding for Study Within A Trial secured

Trial manager Matthew Northgraves has received a small grant from the University of York. This is to implement a Study Within A Trial (SWAT) in the BREEZE-2 study. A SWAT is a self-contained research study that has been embedded within a host trial with the aim of evaluating or exploring alternative ways of delivering or organising a particular trial process. The study is then replicated in a number of different trials until a decision can be made on whether the intervention works.

New HHTU equality, diversity and inclusion group formed

Within clinical trials there is ever growing awareness that there are people and communities that are underserved by research, a fact recognised by funders. In an attempt increase the inclusivity of our studies, a HHTU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) group was formed in February. The group consists of Trial Managers Grant Constable, Amy Wilkinson and Matthew Northgraves along with HHTU Director Prof Judith Cohen and NIHR Doctoral Fellow Laura Hermann. Whilst the first official meeting was not planned until March, meetings have already been held with other supporting networks and courses attended.