Cohort Network To improve Access to Clinical Trials (CoNTACT)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
CoNeCT: Cohort Network of Clinical Trials
IRAS ID
307959
Contact name
Melissa Pyle
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Research is an important way to improve clinical services for people with mental health difficulties and the importance of research is recognised by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. \n\nRecruiting enough service users to a research study can often be a challenge. The purpose of this study is to see if we can improve the process by which people hear about research and take part in research. We hope that CoNeCT will make it easier for people to take part in research. \n\nIn this first phase, we will explore if it is feasible to recruit and retain a cohort of people with experience of a first episode of psychosis into a cohort study. We will seek consent to access participants’ routinely collected data from their care record to explore the relationship between health and social inequalities and recovery from early psychosis. In addition, CoNeCT participants can consent to be matched to relevant healthcare studies that are adopted by our study. These healthcare studies will be high quality funded studies with Research Ethics Committee and Health Research Authority approvals in place. If matched to a study, then the participant will be contacted by the adopted study team to be given more information about that study. CoNeCT study participants can choose whether they wish to be matched to other studies or not. They can choose how they would like to be contacted by the matched studies and how often. \n\nThe study will last for 12 months, after which we will assess whether it was feasible to recruit and retain participants in a cohort study, to collect routine outcome data and whether being part of ’CoNeCT’ increased access to research for service users with psychosis. \n
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/SW/0078
Date of REC Opinion
25 Jul 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion