Clinical Trials

(asked on 12th June 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
(Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical trials were initiated in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of those figures by phase.

Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 15th June 2023

A total of 2,101 clinical trials were initiated in England in 2022 which were supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network.

The following table shows a breakdown of the number and proportion of trials by phase. However, sponsors did not provide information on the phase of trial for just over two-thirds of initiated trials.

Phase

Studies

Percentage

I

93

4.40%

I/II

28

1.30%

I/III

1

0.00%

II

244

11.60%

II/III

13

0.60%

III

275

13.10%

III/IV

2

0.10%

IV

28

1.30%

N/A

1,417

67.40%

Total

2,101

100.00%

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