Clinical research and trials

If you have treatment in the NHS one of your treatment options may be a clinical trial. Clinical trials are research studies which involve patients and are designed to test new ways of:

• preventing disease;
• screening/diagnosing conditions; 
• treating illnesses; and
• improving quality of life.

Click here to see how you can take part in research and clinical trials

Research - why is it important?

Research helps us to develop new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and illnesses so we can continually improve the care we give to patients.

There are a number of leaflets/booklets available to help you understand what clinical trials are:

Click here to access the following information leaflets:

• Clinical trials: what they are and what they’re not; and
• Understanding clinical trials.

For many years clinical research has taken place within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) across a range of healthcare settings. LTHT currently has the highest patient recruitment into clinical research trials in England!

Clinical research in the Trust is currently focused around five core strengths, which are:

• Oncology;
• Applied Health Research;
• Dentistry;
• Musculoskeletal Disease; and
• Cardiovascular Disease.

Click here to find out more about clinical research taking place in LTHT.

Further info

If you would like to know more about cancer, stroke and primary care clinical trials taking place in Leeds and the Yorkshire area click on the links below.

Yorkshire Cancer Research Network

Yorkshire Stroke Research Network

Primary Care Research Network: Northern and Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Comprehensive Local Research Network

The Yorkshire Cancer Research Network, West Yorkshire Comprehensive Local Research Network, Northern and Yorkshire Primary Care Research Network and Yorkshire Stroke Research Network are all part of the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network, which supports research to make patients and the NHS, better.