Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU)
Experts in designing, developing, supporting and co-ordinating high-quality clinical trials and other well-designed studies

Please contact us as early as possible so we can help you plan your research and include the costs of our support in your grant application. PenCTU does not provide funding for research.
If you need help with an existing study, please ensure you have sufficient funds to meet the costs of our support.
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Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Health
University of Plymouth
Room N16
ITTC 1 Building
Plymouth Science Park
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BX
Mental Imagery to Reduce Alcohol-related harm in patients with alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver damaGE: the MIRAGE randomised pilot trial results.
Evaluation of a primary care-based collaborative care model (PARTNERS2) for people with diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar, or other psychoses: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Mental Imagery to Reduce Alcohol-related harm in patients with alcohol dependence and alcohol-related liver damaGE: the MIRAGE pilot trial protocol.
A group-based behavioural intervention for weight management versus usual care in adults with severe obesity: a feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol.
Evaluation of Simvastatin as a Disease-Modifying Treatment for Patients With Parkinson Disease.
Publications involving the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit
How are treatment outcomes for people with severe obesity ImPROved by GROUP-based behavioural intervention?
RCT of the LoDED (Limit of Detection of Troponin & ECG Discharge) strategy versus usual care in adult chest pain patients attending the A&E department.
Establishing a biobank and database as a national resource for characterising indolent and aggressive forms of mantle cell lymphoma.
Teen Online Problem Solving for adolescents who have survived a brain injury in the UK (TOPS-UK): a feasibility study.
Novel use of tranexamic acid to reduce the need for nasal packing in epistaxis.
A randomised controlled trial exploring the effects of adding web-based coaching to an exercise referral scheme as a way to increase physical activity.
Postural modification to the standard Valsalva Manoeuvre for the emergency treatment of SVT (REVERT): a randomised controlled trial (RCT).
An open randomised trial of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) versus routine care in the emergency department.
Scrutinising treatments for knee pain.
Simvastatin as a neuroprotective treatment for Parkinson’s disease – a double-blind, placebo controlled clinical learning study in patients of moderate severity.