Industry sponsored research

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Last updated on Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:53

Sussex Partnership welcomes research studies from the commercial sector.

Commercial sponsors choosing to host clinical trials within Sussex Partnership benefit from our highly skilled workforce and focussed management processes, via the research and development department.

With our commercial sponsors we are currently working together within many areas of clinical research, from phase II to IV. Our portfolio includes a variety of commercial clinical trials sponsored by numerous pharmaceutical and clinical research organisations. 

Clinical specialties 

Our industry supported research falls within the following clinical specialties:

• Old age psychiatry/dementia
• Working age mental health
• Substance misuse
• Neurobehavioural.

Research and Development Department

All industry sponsored clinical trial negotiations are managed by the R&D Department based at the Sussex Education Centre in Hove. 

The R&D Department will act as your single point of contact regarding:

• Project registration with the Trust through the R&D Department
• Assistance in completing all initial paperwork
• Decisions about our ability to host a trial
• Costing trials
• Review and signature of contracts
• Arranging the financial transactions through the R&D Department.

A non-refundable set-up fee of £700 is charged by the R&D Department to deal with all aspects of the trial when using the model clinical trials agreement for pharmaceutical research.  

National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network  

Sussex Partnership recommends that all industry sponsored research studies are adopted by the NIHR Clinical Research Network. It is anticipated that undertaking industry sponsored research through the CRN will add value and support our industry partners to conduct commercial clinical research.  This includes:  

• Protocol feasibility from key opinion leaders and active commercial researchers. This includes the identification of sites who have the capability and capacity to conduct the study 
• Access to NIHR coordinated system for gaining NHS permission (NIHR CSP) and R&D approval
• Support with study start up process and costing and contract negotiations using standard templates
• Dedicated and trained research network resources to support study delivery at a site level (staff and support services)
• Performance management of adopted studies in partnership with the company 
• Research network badging of adopted studies to attract both patients and investigators.  

The NIHR CRN industry team has developed a process specifically for the adoption of industry-contract studies. The process takes into account the needs of industry, in particular, the time constraints faced by companies and is a highly streamlined process which aims to meet the tight timelines often required by industry. 

Sussex Partnership is a member of the Surrey and Sussex Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN). 

Sussex Research Consortium  

Sussex NHS Research Consortium conducts all the research governance procedures and grant permission to conduct research on our behalf. Please visit the website for information regarding the research governance process and approval.