Research

The Peninsula Practice is Research Active

NHS research is essential to help shape and improve future NHS healthcare. The Peninsula Practice has been involved in cutting edge national research including a new device to replace endoscopy in some cases. Dr Crockett is the principal investigator for all research at the practice, whereby she checks eligibility for patients to take part in relevant studies. You may therefore receive an invitation which will be directly from The Peninsula Practice to participate in a study - we never share your personal details. You are free to choose whether to take part or not with no obligation. Taking part in clinical research may benefit you, or others like you, in the future.

For further information ask any member of staff who can signpost you to our research nurse. Alternatively, click on the links below for further information which can be found on the Be Part of Research website or Research in Primary Care website.

www.bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/primary-care-research/

Studies at the Peninsula Practice

Active Recruiting Studies

COS for Medication Adherence - the aim of this study is to develop a Core Outcome Set (COS) for medication adherence trials in primary care for adults taking multiple medications for long-term conditions.

Discover Me - a research study that aims to analyse health and genetic information on thousands of people.

DMed - evaluation of an electronic decision-support system, plus training with follow-up support and performance review, for the deintensification of potentially inappropriate medications (D-Med) to prevent overtreatment in the management of older frail people with type 2 diabetes.

Live Well with Parkinson’s - facilitated self-management toolkit, which aims to enable personalised care for community-living people with Parkinson’s, to reduce disability and preventable hospital admissions and to improve quality of life.

IMP2ART - IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as Routine. An NIHR funded programme of work developing and testing a practical strategy to help practice staff deliver supported self-management for asthma as part of routine care.

Studies that are in follow up at the practice

RELIEF - a global registry to evaluate long-term effectiveness of neurostimulation therapy for pain.

STATIC - (STopping Aminosalicylate Therapy in Inactive Crohn’s Disease) Aminosalicylate (5-ASA) agents have proven effective for inducing and maintaining remission in mild to moderate ulcerative colitis (UC). However, there is uncertainty regarding their effectiveness for CD. Participants with CD in remission will be allocated to either continue their 5-ASA therapy or withdraw their 5-ASA. The purpose is to investigate if withdrawal of 5-ASA therapy is not unacceptably less effective than continuing on 5-ASA in maintaining CD remission over a 24 month period.