All research activity at Royal Papworth Hospital is conducted in accordance with Trust approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which are available to view by clicking on the individual titles of the SOPs in the list below.

Please click on the image below to view the routemap of SOPs used for clinical trials.

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The SOP Committee meets regularly to design and review the SOPs. For more information please email Vikki Hughes
 
Please note that forms, guidelines, templates and information sheets are available on the guidance documents, templates and forms page.

PTUC SOP's

The standard operating procedures relating to PTUC can be found below by searching for PTUC.  They will have PTUC in the 'Tags' column.

The following SOPs apply to both PTUC and R&D:

SOP 001 Production Approval and Review of SOPs

SOP 002 Training Records for Research Active Staff

New SOP's for Review:

SOP003 Obtaining Informed Consent for Research Studies

SOP091 Maintaining the IMP blinding for Clinical Trials

SOP049 GCP Training for Research Staff

SOP088 Clinical Trial Participants and Pregnancy

Title Tags Description
SOP040 Management of External Research Staff - Research Passport Scheme R&D SOP040
SOP023 Financial Procedures for Research Projects PTUC SOP023
SOP073 Sourcing of Investigational Medicinal Products for Papworth Sponsored Studies Manufacturing, Assembly and Labelling PTUC SOP073
SOP065 Risk Adapted Approach to Management of Investigational Clinical Trials PTUC SOP065
SOP002 Training Records for Research Active Staff R&D SOP002
SOP081 Destruction of Waste IMP (Investigational Medicinal Product) R&D SOP081
SOP080 Study Data - Collection and Entry PTUC SOP080
SOP076 Transport, Storage and Environmental Monitoring of IMP's R&D SOP076
SOP055 Roles and Responsibilities for the Conduct of Research Studies and Clinical Trials including CTIMPs PTUC SOP055
SOP090 VPD HLRI CRF Phase 1 Risk Assessment Management and Mitigation HLRI CRF SOP090
SOP111 - Microtomy and Section Mounting Tissue Bank SOP111
SOP108 - Freezing Fresh Tissue Samples Tissue Bank SOP108
SOP104 - Zebra Printer Tissue Bank SOP104
SOP102 Tissue Bank Project Management Tissue Bank SOP102
SOP084 Direct to Patient Delivery of IMP R&D SOP084
SOP074 Handling of Drug Alerts and Recalls of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) or other trial related drugs R&D SOP074
SOP 050 Protocol Non Compliance PTUC SOP050
SOP072 Supply of Clinical Trials Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) Dispensing Returns and Accountability PTUC SOP072
DN171 Intellectual Property Policy and SOP.pdf R&D DN171
SOP031 Patient Recruitment R&D SOP031