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NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre

Leeds BRC

Generated 6 Oct 2026, 10:35 · ID 17

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Overview

Total fields

Field-cited

Whole-record source only

AI-inferred, no source yet

Searched — not published

No value held

Needs review

Source coverage

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Field-level source coverage Optional	24 of 40 reviewable fields are cited to a source (60%) · 10 with no source yet · 6 searched — not published · 14 with no value held	Computed	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Field-level source coverageAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Identity and organisation

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Site name Required	NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)...” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for Site nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Short name Recommended	Leeds BRC	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “(NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for Short nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Organisation Required	University of Leeds / University of York / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “hosted by Leeds NHS Teaching Hospitals in partnership with the Universities of Leeds and York” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for OrganisationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Site type Recommended	BRC	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ NIHR-designated BRC; by data-dictionary precedence this maps to site_type=brc.	Response for Site typeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Website URL Recommended	https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Snapshot header “URL: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for Website URLAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Description Required	NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (2022-2028 award, GBP 21.76M), hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals with the Universities of Leeds and York. The centre runs six non-mental-health-specific themes, while the linked Leeds CRF provides broad early-phase trial infrastructure.	Field-cited	Leeds BRC - Official Website https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds BRC was awarded GBP 21.76 million (2022-28)” Page: https://leedsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/ Description assembled from NIHR award and non-MH theme list plus CRF infrastructure role. Leeds CRF - About https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/about-the-nihr-leeds-clinical-research-facility/ Section: About “The ... NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility carries out high quality early stage and experimental clinical trials” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/about-the-nihr-leeds-clinical-research-facility/ Used to evidence the linked CRF experimental-trials infrastructure statement in site description.	Response for DescriptionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active site Recommended	Yes	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Active siteAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Location and scope

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
UK region Recommended	Yorkshire and the Humber	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds is England's third largest city” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Leeds maps to West Yorkshire region per dictionary region vocabulary.	Response for UK regionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Country Recommended	England	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds is England's third largest city” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for CountryAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
City Recommended	Leeds	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds is England's third largest city” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for CityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Latitude Recommended	53.8008000	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for LatitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Longitude Recommended	-1.5491000	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for LongitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Catchment population Recommended	760,000	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds is England's third largest city with a local population of ~760,000” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Using local population as best public catchment approximation.	Response for Catchment populationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Geographic coverage Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Geographic coverageAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Contacts and leadership

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Contact name Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no single site contact person published for this BRC entry in sources searched.	Response for Contact nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Contact email Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no field-specific general site contact email confirmed for this record.	Response for Contact emailAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Principal investigator Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE for single site PI: leadership team lists multiple leads rather than one site PI.	Response for Principal investigatorAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
PI email Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE for single PI email in public sources searched.	Response for PI emailAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NHS trust partner Recommended	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/	Response for NHS trust partnerAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Infrastructure

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Pharmacy facilities Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: Our Facilities “Clinical Trials Team within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust Pharmacy Service... drug receipt, dispensing and returns” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Pharmacy facilitiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Dedicated research facility Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: Our Facilities “dedicated in-patient and out-patient units for patients in clinical trials” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Dedicated research facilityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
CRF bed count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE as one integer for this site row: sources provide treatment spaces/chairs/rooms split across CRF sub-sites rather than a single bed count field.	Response for CRF bed countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
EDC experience Recommended	No	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for EDC experienceAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
GCP certified Recommended	No	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for GCP certifiedAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NIHR CRN partner Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “Leeds hosts the national NIHR Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre (RDNCC)” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Hosting NIHR RDN coordinating function supports NIHR CRN partnership status.	Response for NIHR CRN partnerAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Operational capacity

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Research staff count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no public numeric count found in gathered sources.	Response for Research staff countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Annual MH trial count Recommended	No value held	Field-cited	LTHT Annual Report 2024/25 page https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/documents/2024-25-annual-report/ Section: Annual report index page “2024/25 Annual Report (10MB pdf)” Page: https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/documents/2024-25-annual-report/ UNSOURCEABLE for mental-health-specific annual count. The annual report index links the full report, but no directly captured page provides MH-only annual trial count for this site.	Response for Annual MH trial countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active competing studies Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Active competing studiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Typical monthly recruitment rate Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Typical monthly recruitment rateAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
R&D approval timeline (days) Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for R&D approval timeline (days)AccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Capabilities

Research capabilities available at this site.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Capability: fMRI (3T) Recommended	Imaging · fMRI (3T) · Leeds Cardiac MRI service includes 3 state-of-the-art 1.5T/3T MRI scanners. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: LGI CRF co-located resources “Leeds Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Service: 3 state-of-the-art 1.5T/3T MRI scanners” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Capability: fMRI (3T)AccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Capability: PET Recommended	Imaging · PET · SJUH radiology includes a research-dedicated functional PET/CT imaging facility. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: SJUH CRF co-located resources “functional (PET/CT) imaging facility” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Capability: PETAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Capability: Structural MRI Recommended	Imaging · Structural MRI · SJUH radiology includes research-dedicated cross-sectional CT/MRI facilities. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: SJUH CRF co-located resources “cross sectional (CT/MRI) ... imaging facility” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Capability: Structural MRIAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Capability: DTI/Diffusion imaging Recommended	Imaging · DTI/Diffusion imaging · Advanced Imaging Centre lists Diffusion Tensor Imaging capability. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: Advanced Imaging Centre “Diffusion Tensor Imaging” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Capability: DTI/Diffusion imagingAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Capability: Biobank (blood/tissue) Recommended	Biobanking · Biobank (blood/tissue) · Leeds Biobanking and Sample Processing Laboratory supports complex sampling and biobanking. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Our Facilities https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/ Section: SJUH CRF co-located resources “Leeds Biobanking and Sample Processing Laboratory ... BioBanking” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/our-facilities/	Response for Capability: Biobank (blood/tissue)AccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Capability: Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Recommended	Specialist Facilities · Clinical Research Facility (CRF) · Leeds CRF has dedicated inpatient/outpatient trial units across CRF sites. · Available	Field-cited	Leeds CRF - Home https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Section: Home “The NIHR Leeds CRF carries out high quality early stage and experimental clinical trials” Page: https://leedscrf.nihr.ac.uk/ Dedicated CRF infrastructure across inpatient/outpatient units indicates Clinical Research Facility capability.	Response for Capability: Clinical Research Facility (CRF)AccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Diagnosis experience

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorder Recommended	Major depressive disorder · Mood Disorders · Moderate · prev trials: 4	Field-cited	ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output “totalCount: 4” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=depression&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json 4 completed depression trials in Leeds => experience_level=moderate per threshold 2-4. ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output (depression, Leeds, completed) “totalCount: 4” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=depression&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json	Response for Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorderAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Generalised anxiety disorder Recommended	Generalised anxiety disorder · Anxiety Disorders · Extensive · prev trials: 11	Field-cited	ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output “totalCount: 11” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=anxiety&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json 11 completed anxiety trials in Leeds => experience_level=extensive per threshold 5+. ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output (anxiety, Leeds, completed) “totalCount: 11” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=anxiety&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json ISRCTN Leeds mental health search https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=Leeds%20mental%20health%20NHS%20Trust&sort=&filters=conditionCategory:Mental%20and%20Behavioural%20Disorders Section: ISRCTN search results header “73 results for Leeds mental health NHS Trust” Page: https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=Leeds%20mental%20health%20NHS%20Trust&sort=&filters=conditionCategory:Mental%20and%20Behavioural%20Disorders ISRCTN corroborates broad mental health trial activity at Leeds-related sites.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Generalised anxiety disorderAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Dementia / neurodegeneration Recommended	Dementia / neurodegeneration · Neurodegenerative · Extensive · prev trials: 11	Field-cited	ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output “totalCount: 11” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=dementia&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json 11 completed dementia trials in Leeds => experience_level=extensive per threshold 5+. ClinicalTrials.gov API - NHSGGC site diagnosis query https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies Section: ClinicalTrials.gov API output (dementia, Leeds, completed) “totalCount: 11” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.cond=dementia&query.locn=Leeds&filter.overallStatus=COMPLETED&pageSize=1&countTotal=true&format=json ISRCTN Leeds dementia search https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=Leeds%20dementia Section: ISRCTN search results header “89 results for Leeds dementia” Page: https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=Leeds%20dementia ISRCTN corroborates dementia-related trial activity in Leeds.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Dementia / neurodegenerationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Linked cohorts

Cohorts hosted at or linked to this site.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Linked cohorts Optional	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Linked cohortsAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Verification metadata

Internal catalogue status — for reference only.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Verification status Recommended	ai_inferred	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Last verified Recommended	No value held	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Data source Recommended	No value held	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—