World-leading Centre for Primary Care Research
Our Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit is a world-leading centre for primary care research, conducting high-quality clinical trials to improve patient and community health. We are a UKCRC registered clinical trials unit (Oxford Primary Care & Vaccines Collaborative CTU).
The unit focuses on key research areas such as infectious diseases, cardiovascular health, and behavioural medicine. We offer dynamic clinical trial design including platform trials, adaptive designs and innovation around complex interventions.
With a multidisciplinary team and strong partnerships nationally and internationally, the unit is committed to patient-centred care, rigorous research, and impactful dissemination of findings to influence health policies and practices.
CTU Leadership:
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Chris Butler
Professor of Primary Care
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Ly-Mee Yu
Professor of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics
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Emily Bongard
Head of Operations (PC-CTU)
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Highlight publications
Effect of Probiotic Use on Antibiotic Administration among Care Home Residents: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Butler CC. et al, (2020), JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 324, 47 - 56
C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations
Butler CC. et al, (2019), New England Journal of Medicine, 381, 111 - 120
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the community using data from OxRen: A UK population-based cohort study
Hirst JA. et al, (2020), British Journal of General Practice, 70, E285 - E293
TELEMONITORING AND/OR SELF-MONITORING OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION (TASMINH4): A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
McManus R. et al, (2018), JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 36, E5 - E5