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Manchester Clinical Trials Unit

Manchester CTU

Generated 6 Oct 2026, 10:33 · ID 44

Unverified

Last verified: 15/04/2026

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Source coverage

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Field-level source coverage Optional	20 of 35 reviewable fields are cited to a source (57%) · 3 with no source yet · 12 searched — not published · 11 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	Manchester Clinical Trials Unit	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Page title “Manchester Clinical Trials Unit” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	Response for Site nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Short name Recommended	Manchester CTU	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “The Manchester CTU aims to collaborate and conduct high-quality clinical research” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Public-facing shorthand uses Manchester CTU; short_name retained as Manchester CTU.	Response for Short nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Organisation Required	The University of Manchester	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “receives funding from NIHR, CRUK, The University of Manchester and Health Innovation Manchester.” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ The organisation field is normalized to The University of Manchester as the institutional home referenced in CTU materials and ISRCTN contact records.	Response for OrganisationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Site type Recommended	CTU	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “Manchester CTU (formerly MAHSC-CTU) is registered by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ UKCRC registration confirms this entity is a Clinical Trials Unit (site_type=ctu).	Response for Site typeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Website URL Recommended	https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Page URL “https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Original URL https://www.ctu.manchester.ac.uk/ did not resolve during verification; replaced with an accessible current CTU profile page.	Response for Website URLAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Description Required	UKCRC-registered clinical trials unit with expertise in study design, statistics, protocol development, trial management, data management and quality assurance, currently managing a portfolio of 39 trials.	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “Our team of 55 staff have expertise in the design, management, analysis and delivery of multi-centre trials ... provides support for study design, statistics, protocol development, trial management, data management and quality assurance” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	Response for DescriptionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active site Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “We are currently managing a portfolio of 39 trials, totalling £18m of grant funding” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Current active portfolio supports active=TRUE.	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	North West England	Field-cited	ISRCTN API query - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit exact name https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200 Section: Contact details in ISRCTN trial records “Manchester Clinical Trials Unit ... city>Manchester” Page: https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200 City is Manchester; normalized to controlled region vocabulary North West England.	Response for UK regionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Country Recommended	England	Field-cited	ISRCTN API query - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit exact name https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200 Section: Contact details in ISRCTN trial records “country>United Kingdom” Page: https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200 Site record country retained as England under the UK region taxonomy used by this database.	Response for CountryAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
City Recommended	Manchester	Field-cited	ISRCTN API query - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit exact name https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200 Section: Contact details in ISRCTN trial records “city>Manchester” Page: https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/format/default?q=%22Manchester%20Clinical%20Trials%20Unit%22&limit=200	Response for CityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Latitude Recommended	53.4671387	Field-cited	OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode - Jean McFarlane Building https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Jean+McFarlane+Building+Oxford+Road+Manchester+M13+9PL&format=jsonv2&limit=1 Section: Nominatim JSON result “lat: 53.4671387” Page: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Jean+McFarlane+Building+Oxford+Road+Manchester+M13+9PL&format=jsonv2&limit=1 Coordinates derived from geocoding the ISRCTN-listed Jean McFarlane Building address.	Response for LatitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Longitude Recommended	-2.2326105	Field-cited	OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode - Jean McFarlane Building https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Jean+McFarlane+Building+Oxford+Road+Manchester+M13+9PL&format=jsonv2&limit=1 Section: Nominatim JSON result “lon: -2.2326105” Page: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Jean+McFarlane+Building+Oxford+Road+Manchester+M13+9PL&format=jsonv2&limit=1 Coordinates derived from geocoding the ISRCTN-listed Jean McFarlane Building address.	Response for LongitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Catchment population Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE for CTU-specific field. Searched Health Innovation Manchester CTU pages, MFT annual report, NIHR CRF directory, and registry records. MFT annual report reports almost 1 million population for the Trust, but no source states Manchester CTU has a direct catchment denominator.	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	Barbara McKay	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (Partners) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/our-partners/research/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Contact us “Barbara McKay, Manchester CTU Administrator” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/our-partners/research/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	Response for Contact nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Contact email Recommended	CTUsupport@manchester.ac.uk	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Contact details “CTUsupport@manchester.ac.uk.” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	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: no public site-level PI identified in the searched CTU pages, NIHR page attempt, annual reports, or registry query outputs.	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: no public PI email for this site identified in searched sources.	Response for PI emailAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NHS trust partner Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no explicit primary NHS trust partner statement for Manchester CTU found across searched sources; field set NULL to avoid unsupported assignment.	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	No	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE as TRUE: no explicit CTU-owned pharmacy statement found in public sources; retained FALSE conservatively.	Response for Pharmacy facilitiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Dedicated research facility Recommended	No	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE as TRUE for the CTU itself: NIHR Manchester CRF exists, but no source confirms this CTU directly operates dedicated CRF beds/facility under this site record; retained FALSE.	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: no CTU-specific bed count found in sources searched.	Response for CRF bed countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
EDC experience Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	A cluster randomised controlled trial of a ward-based intervention to improve access to psychologically-informed care and psychological therapy for mental health in-patients https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03696-7 Section: Data management, confidentiality and sharing “Manchester Clinical Trials Unit will provide data management services. Data will be entered remotely on to a centralised web-based data capture system (RedCap)” Page: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8815159/ Documented RedCap use confirms EDC experience.	Response for EDC experienceAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
GCP certified Recommended	No	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE as TRUE: no public source in the mandatory search set confirms formal site-level GCP certification status under the database definition; retained FALSE.	Response for GCP certifiedAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NIHR CRN partner Recommended	No	Not published	No direct NIHR CRN partnership statement for this CTU found in mandatory source set. NIHR funding mention alone is insufficient for is_nihr_crn_partner=TRUE; value set FALSE conservatively.	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	55	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “Our team of 55 staff have expertise in the design, management, analysis and delivery of multi-centre trials.” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/	Response for Research staff countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Annual MH trial count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: available sources report a live portfolio count but do not publish a completed annual mental-health-specific trial count for this CTU.	Response for Annual MH trial countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active competing studies Recommended	39	Field-cited	Health Innovation Manchester - Manchester Clinical Trials Unit (The Guide) https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Section: Content body “We are currently managing a portfolio of 39 trials, totalling £18m of grant funding” Page: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/the-guide/manchester-clinical-trials-unit/ Used as best available current active portfolio count for active_competing_studies.	Response for Active competing studiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Typical monthly recruitment rate Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no monthly recruitment throughput metric found in searched sources.	Response for Typical monthly recruitment rateAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
R&D approval timeline (days) Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no published Trust R&D approval turnaround metric for this CTU found in searched sources.	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
Capabilities Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for CapabilitiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Diagnosis experience

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Diagnosis experience: Schizophrenia Recommended	Schizophrenia · Psychotic Disorders · Extensive · prev trials: 26	Field-cited	Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Schizophrenia (diagnosis_area_id=1): 26 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 26 diagnosis-mapped trials exceeds extensive threshold (>=5 completed MH trials). Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Schizophrenia (diagnosis_area_id=1): 26 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 previous_trial_count set to 26 from mandatory registry query union mapping. Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Schizophrenia (diagnosis_area_id=1): 26 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 Relationship retained and evidence-backed through mandatory ClinicalTrials/ISRCTN query union.	Response for Diagnosis experience: SchizophreniaAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorder Recommended	Major depressive disorder · Mood Disorders · Extensive · prev trials: 27	Field-cited	Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Major depressive disorder (diagnosis_area_id=5): 27 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 27 diagnosis-mapped trials exceeds extensive threshold (>=5 completed MH trials). Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Major depressive disorder (diagnosis_area_id=5): 27 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 previous_trial_count set to 27 from mandatory registry query union mapping. Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Major depressive disorder (diagnosis_area_id=5): 27 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 Relationship retained and evidence-backed through mandatory ClinicalTrials/ISRCTN query union.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorderAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Substance use disorders Recommended	Substance use disorders · Substance Use · Extensive · prev trials: 11	Field-cited	Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Substance use disorders (diagnosis_area_id=18): 11 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 11 diagnosis-mapped trials exceeds extensive threshold (>=5 completed MH trials). Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Substance use disorders (diagnosis_area_id=18): 11 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 previous_trial_count set to 11 from mandatory registry query union mapping. Local registry reconciliation summary for Manchester CTU Section: Unioned diagnosis mapping counts “- Substance use disorders (diagnosis_area_id=18): 11 trials” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22University+of+Manchester%22+mental+health&countTotal=true&pageSize=100 Relationship retained and evidence-backed through mandatory ClinicalTrials/ISRCTN query union.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Substance use disordersAccurateNeeds 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	unverified	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Last verified Recommended	15 Apr 2026	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Data source Recommended	Verified Apr 2026 from Health Innovation Manchester CTU pages, OpenStreetMap geocoding for Jean McFarlane Building, MFT annual report, ClinicalTrials.gov API, ISRCTN API, and a published BMC Psychiatry trial protocol describing Manchester CTU data-management operations.	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—