Acronym
(where applicable) |
Term |
| ACE |
Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation |
| AE |
Adverse Event |
| AR |
Adverse Reaction |
| ATM |
Assistant Trial Manager |
| CATEF |
Conference and Training Evaluation Form |
| CATRF |
Conference and Training Request Form |
| CE |
European Conformity |
| CHaRT |
Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials |
| CI* |
Chief Investigator |
| CI* |
Confidence Interval |
| CONSORT |
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials |
| COS |
Core Outcome Set |
| CPMS |
Central Portfolio Management System |
| CRF |
Case Report Form |
| CSO |
Chief Scientist Office |
| CSOG |
Clinical Studies Oversight Group |
| CT |
Clinical Trial |
| CTA* |
Clinical Trial Authorisation |
| CTA* |
Clinical Trial Agreement |
| CTIMP |
Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product |
| CTU |
Clinical Trials Unit |
| DC |
Data Coordinator |
| DCE |
Discrete Choice Experiment |
| DMC |
Data Monitoring Committee |
| DMP |
Data Management Plan |
| DP |
Data Protection |
| DSUR |
Development Safety Update Report |
| EDI |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
| eDRIS |
electronic Data Research and Innovation Service |
| EMA |
European Medicines Agency |
| ePRO |
electronic Patient Reported Outcomes |
| EUCTD |
EU clinical trials directives |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| GCP |
Good Clinical Practice |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
| GET-IT |
Glossary of Evaluation Terms for Informed Treatment choices |
| GLM |
General Linear Model |
| GIRFT |
Getting It Right First Time |
| GRP |
Good Research Practice |
| HCA |
Health Care Assessment |
| HEAP |
Health Economic Analysis Plan |
| HERU |
Health Economics Research Unit |
| HES |
Hospital Episode Statistics |
| HIS |
Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
| HRA |
Health Research Authority |
| HSC R&D |
Health and Social Care Gateway R&D Division (Northern Ireland) |
| HSCP |
Health and Social Care Partnerships |
| IAHS |
Institute of Applied Health Sciences |
| IB |
Investigator's Brochure |
| ICH |
International Council on Harmonisation |
| ICMJE |
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors |
| IMPD/sIMPD |
Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier |
| ImpEC |
Improving Experiences of Care |
| IMS |
Integrated Management System |
| IRAS |
Integrated Research Application System |
| ISD |
Information Services Division |
| ISF |
Investigator Site File |
| ISRCTN |
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number |
| IVR |
Interactive Voice Response |
| LIP |
Local Information Pack |
| LOA |
Letter of Access |
| LRM |
Lunchtime Research Meeting |
|
Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 |
| MCID |
Minimum Clinically Important Difference |
| MCN |
Managed Clinical Network |
| MHRA |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MNCA |
Model Non-Commercial Agreement |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council |
|
NHS England |
| NES |
NHS Education for Scotland |
| NETSCC |
NIHR Evaluation, Trial and Studies Co-ordinating Centre |
| NHSD |
NHS Digital (now NHS England) |
| NICE |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NIHR EME |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation |
| NIHR HS&DR |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: Health Services and Delivery Research |
| NIHR HTA |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: Health Technology Assessment programme |
| NIHR INCLUDE |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: INCLUDE Ethnicity Framework |
| NIHR MRC BMBR |
National Institute for Health and Care Research/Medical Research Council Better Methods Better Research |
| NIHR PGfAR |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: Programme Grants for Applied Research |
| NIHR RfPB |
National Institute for Health and Care Research: Research for Patient Benefit |
| NISCHR |
National Institute for Social Care and Health Research
(Welsh Co-ordinating function) |
| NOCRI |
NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure |
| NOSRES |
North of Scotland Research Ethics Service |
| NRS |
NHS Research Scotland |
| NRS Permissions CC |
NHS Research Scotland Permissions Coordinating Centre (NRS Permissions CC) in Scotland |
| OID |
Organisation Information Document |
| ONS |
Office for National Statistics |
| PAG |
Patient Advisory Group |
| PALS |
Patient Advice and Liaison Service |
| PEAP |
Process Evaluation Analysis Plan |
| PEG |
Public Engagement Group |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PIC |
Participant Identification Centre |
| PIL |
Patient or Participant Information Leaflet |
| PMG |
Project Management Group |
| PPI |
Patient and Public Involvement |
| PPIE |
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement |
| PRO/ePRO |
Patient Reported Outcome /electronic Patient Reported Outcome |
| PROM |
Patient Reported Outcome Measures |
| PWI |
Project Website Initiation |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QALY |
Quality Adjusted Life Years |
| QC |
Quality Control |
|
Research governance |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
| R&I |
Research and Innovation |
| RCT |
Randomised Controlled Trial |
| RDN |
Research Delivery Network |
| REALMS |
REsearch Awards Lifecycle Management System |
| REC |
Research Ethics Committee |
| RES |
Research Ethics Service |
| RGF |
Research governance framework |
| RP |
Research passport |
| RN |
Research Nurse |
|
Sponsor |
| SADE |
Serious Adverse Device Effect |
| SAE |
Serious Adverse Event |
| SAP |
Statistical Analysis Plan |
| SAR |
Serious Adverse Reaction |
| SB |
Serious breach |
| SD |
Standard Deviation |
| SDV |
Source document/data verification |
| SERB |
School Ethics Review Board |
| SIGN |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
| SIV |
Site Initiation Visit |
| SMC |
Scottish Medicines Consortium |
| SMMSN |
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition |
| SmPC or SPC |
Summary of Product Characteristics |
| SoA |
Statement of Activities |
| SoE |
Schedule of Events |
| SoECAT |
Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Tool |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPIRIT |
Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials |
| SSC |
Study Steering Committee |
| STA |
Single Technology Appraisal |
| STM |
Senior Trial Manager |
| SUSAR |
Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction |
| SWAR |
Studies Within A Review |
| SWAT |
Studies Within A Trial |
| TAR |
Technology Assessment Review |
| THIS Institute |
The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute |
| TM |
Trial Manager |
| TMF |
Trial Master File |
| TSC |
Trial Steering Committee |
| TSD |
Trial Service Definition |
| UAT |
User Acceptance Testing |
| UKTMN |
UK Trial Managers' Network |
| USADE |
Unanticipated Serious Adverse Device Effect |
| USM* |
Unit Staff Meeting |
| USM* |
Urgent Safety Measure |
| WPD |
Working Practice Document |
| WTP |
Willingness To Pay |
| * This abbreviation has more than one meaning |
