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Clinical research > Understanding clinical trials > Where can I find more information?
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Information from the NHS about clinical trials
US National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials
Organisations
UK Clinical Research Collaboration
The UKCRC is a partnership of organisations working to transform the environment for clinical research in the UK. Raising public awareness and understanding of clinical research and increasing patient and public involvement in clinical research is an important aim of the UKCRC partners.
UK Clinical Research Network
The UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) is funded by the National Institute for Health Research, working with partners across the UK, to support clinical research and to help deliver high-quality trials and other well-designed studies.
Clinical Research Networks have already been set up in the areas of cancer, dementias and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, medicines for children, mental health, primary care and stroke. This was expanded with the creation of a Comprehensive Research Network that allows the UKCRN to support research in all areas of disease and clinical need. The UKCRN is one of the key components of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration.
National Institute for Health Research
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds, manages and maintains health research in the NHS in England. Its work focuses on meeting the needs of the research community, patients and the public as it delivers the Government's health research strategy, Best Research for Best Health.
INVOLVE
INVOLVE is a national advisory group, funded by the NIHR, which aims to promote and support active public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. INVOLVE was established to promote public involvement in research, in order to improve the way that research is prioritised, commissioned, undertaken, communicated and used.
Medical Research Council
For more than 50 years, the Medical Research Council (MRC) has been conducting clinical trials to address important public health questions and improve clinical care. MRC trials evaluate options across the entire spectrum of healthcare including: diagnostic screening, assessment of new versus existing treatments, the impact of lifestyle advice on changing behaviour and preventing disease, the management of long-term conditions and rehabilitation. Many of these studies also help us understand how the body's processes work to influence health.
Association of Medical Research Charities
The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) is a membership organisation of the leading medical and health research charities in the UK. The AMRC aims to support the sector's effectiveness and advance medical research by developing best practice, providing information and guidance, improving public dialogue about research and science and influencing government.
The James Lind Library
The James Lind Library is a web-based resource created to help people understand fair tests of treatments (clinical trials) in healthcare. It contains short essays explaining the principles of fair tests, and illustrates these with key passages and images from books and journal articles, commentaries, biographies, portraits and other material showing how fair tests have developed over the centuries.
This guide has been created from a PDF brochure published by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. Click here to download the original PDF.