HRB National Clinical Trials Office (NCTO)

The Health Research Board National Clinical Trials Office (HRB NCTO), was established in May 2021 as an independent, integrated, national clinical research network, providing centralised support in conducting multi-centre clinical trials and investigations, both commercial and academic, across Ireland.

HRB NCTO is a National Network made up of a central office, the 7 University-based Clinical Research Facilities/Centres (CRF/C’s) and the staff working in the delivery of the clinical research activities across the Network.

The HRB NCTO central office provides overarching support and expertise, through a range of services and activities. The partner CRF/C’s provide the infrastructure, physical space, facilities, experienced research and specialist support staff along with the necessary quality and oversight programs that are critical to the running of the clinical trials, investigations and research studies and for the successful conduct of world class patient focused research.