D - Description
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Quality
Management |
Training and
Education |
Public
Involvement |
| Description | |
|---|---|
Name |
Irish Paediatric Clinical Research Network (IPCRN) National Children's Research Centre (NCRC) |
| Year of foundation | 2009 The Children’s Research Centre was founded in 1965 as the first dedicated research centre on the site of an Irish hospital The Irish Paediatric Clinical Research Network was founded in 2009 under the direction of the renamed National Children's Research Centre |
| Preterm and/or term newborn | Yes |
| Infants from 1 month to less than 24 months of age | Yes |
| Children from 2 years to less than 12 years of age | Yes |
| Adolescents from 12 years to less than 18 years | Yes |
| Paediatric age ranges of study participants covered by the network | 0-18 years |
| Multispeciality? Specify | All areas of paediatric research considered |
| Speciality/disease specific? Specify | All areas of paediatric research considered |
| Conditions covered? Specify | All areas of paediatric research considered |
| Procedure/Intervention specific? Specify | All areas of paediatric research considered |
| Number of collaborating countries | 1 |
| List of collaborating countries | UK (23 sites collaborating on an eczema and food allergy study) |
| Number of collaborating centres | 14 |
| List of collaborating centres | - The National Children's Research Centre, Dublin - The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin - Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin - The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin - The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating The National Children's Hospital, Dublin - The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin - The Coombe Women's and Infants University Hospital, Dublin - Cork University Maternity Hospital - Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin - Trinity College Dublin - University College Dublin - University College Cork - University College Galway - University of Limerick |
| Type of activity/studies | |
| Clinical Studies | Yes |
| Experimental research | Yes |
| Other activity | Funding Site training Standardization of operating procedures Assistance with grant applications Feasibility studies Study set-up activities Protocol design Medical writing Risk assessment Assistance with ethics and regulatory submissions Assistance with trial costings and resource planning Database design Data handing and validation Study management and monitoring GCP advice and training Laboratory facilities Consultations by clinical experts Networking Video conferencing facilities, which facilitate communication and negotiation between investigators and clinical research institutes at a national and international level |