Every day, we hear about potential new treatments for brain health, and research can help us determine whether these work and are safe. Research trials to test promising new treatments may be directly commissioned by the government or other research funders, and this information is used to determine if the treatment should be offered in clinical practice.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) are one of the major funders of clinical research in the UK. The NIHR asked the Brain Health ARC and NHS Research Scotland groups to suggest ideas that could be the basis for future trials of brain health interventions.
We know that there are many ideas for treatments within the Scottish brain health community. So, we're asking you to submit your ideas for a potential future clinical trial. Our plan is to collate these, look for common themes, and then share with NIHR. There is no guarantee that NIHR will commission trials based on this work, but when they have previously asked other groups for research topics, at least one has been developed into a large clinical trial.
NIHR design their clinical trials using the ‘PICO’ format:
1) The population or patients of interest
2) The intervention (not just medication; this could be technology, training, support, etc.)
3) The comparator or control
4) The outcome (how you will measure whether the intervention had any benefit)
We have run webinars and workshops on developing ideas for trials and have already had many responses (more than 50 at the time of writing). As a result, we have selected four examples in the drop-down below to demonstrate the breadth of responses received. We are still keen to hear more ideas, and you can submit using the button below.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) are one of the major funders of clinical research in the UK. The NIHR asked the Brain Health ARC and NHS Research Scotland groups to suggest ideas that could be the basis for future trials of brain health interventions.
We know that there are many ideas for treatments within the Scottish brain health community. So, we're asking you to submit your ideas for a potential future clinical trial. Our plan is to collate these, look for common themes, and then share with NIHR. There is no guarantee that NIHR will commission trials based on this work, but when they have previously asked other groups for research topics, at least one has been developed into a large clinical trial.
NIHR design their clinical trials using the ‘PICO’ format:
1) The population or patients of interest
2) The intervention (not just medication; this could be technology, training, support, etc.)
3) The comparator or control
4) The outcome (how you will measure whether the intervention had any benefit)
We have run webinars and workshops on developing ideas for trials and have already had many responses (more than 50 at the time of writing). As a result, we have selected four examples in the drop-down below to demonstrate the breadth of responses received. We are still keen to hear more ideas, and you can submit using the button below.
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