UK Clinical Cohorts (UK CliC) Trusted Research Environment 2.0
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
357015
Contact name
Reecha Sofat
Contact email
Research summary
Health Data Research UK Clinical Cohorts (UK CliC) Trusted Research Environment
REC name
North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/NW/0161
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jun 2025
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The Health Data Research UK's (HDRUK) Clinical Cohorts Trusted Research Environment (TRE) ‘UK CliC’ will act as a repository for disease focused cohort and registry data. These include:
1) Disease cohorts which have collected data from participants as part of a study, collecting clinical and other data (e.g. data from blood samples (genomics, blood based markers) imaging data, data from wearable devices etc. Cohorts included in the database will be those that have already collected data and cohorts that are actively collecting data from existing or new participants. Cohorts to be included in the database will be:
i) Cohorts that have consented for linkage to routinely collected NHS data
ii) Cohorts that have not included consent for linkage (e.g. where cohorts may be older, and this was not added to consent forms at time of set up).
2) Disease Registries are those that have been set up with a disease focus and collect data related to the disease often where patients are cared for in a clinical environment, adding granular, disease specific data e.g. granular diagnoses, results of blood and pathology tests, clinical interventions as part of routine care (imaging, drugs and therapeutics, physiotherapy etc). Registries will include:
i) Registries that have consented for linkage to routinely collected NHS data
ii) Registries that have not included linkage to routinely collected NHS data in their consent forms.Data that is held by cohorts and/ or registries including the fields below although this list is not exhaustive:
demographic information, such as age, sex ethnicity, socioeconomic information
baseline/exposure/outcome data: each cohort will have different measures of interest, but this may include lifestyle information (smoking, diet, physical activity), details about the potential risk factors or exposures being studied, medical history, medication use, or any other factors believed to be relevant to the outcome being investigated.Research programme
This research database will be of value to those with an interest in disease related cohort data, with a primary focus on cardiovascular disease.
Research database title
Health Data Research UK Clinical Cohorts (UK CliC) Trusted Research Environment
Establishment organisation
Health Data Research UK (HDRUK)
Establishment organisation address
Health Data Research UK, Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road
NW1 2BE