Providing excellence in clinical research delivery
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Sheffield Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is part of the NIHR and hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Sheffield.
The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people’s health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.
NIHR Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs) are purpose-built facilities in NHS hospitals where researchers can conduct studies. The NIHR has awarded £161 million over 5 years to 28 CRF facilities across England, to support early-phase and complex studies.
In 2022, the NIHR Sheffield CRF was awarded £7.9m in funding which will support the development and testing of new treatments for diseases, many of which currently have no cure. This funding award covers 2022 to 2027.
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Triceps stroke trial
The ground breaking Triceps trial, which is testing whether a device which delivers electrical pulses to damaged areas of the brain via a connected earpiece can improve hand and arm function in stroke survivors, has featured in the Daily Mail.
The Triceps trial, which is being led by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, is investigating if a portable, pacemaker-like device could significantly improve life for the more than 36,500 people in the UK every year left with permanent arm weakness after a stroke.
Featured in the Good Health supplement (Tuesday 7 January), patient Phil Herbert is among the 100+ patients to have joined the innovative nerve stimulation trial so far.
He told the Mail he was “noticing a difference already” and had "more movement..[to]...open and close kitchen cupboards".
By the end of the trial, Phil, who never regained movement in his right arm following a stroke three years ago, hoped to see improved function in his affected hand and arm:
For more information please visit the news page of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals' website.
(January 2025)
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