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Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central

Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central

Institution Description

The Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre (CHULC - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, E.P.E.) is an integrated health unit comprising six hospitals located in Lisbon: São José Hospital, Curry Cabral Hospital, Santa Marta Hospital, Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital, Dona Estefânia Hospital and Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital.

CHULC´s mission is to provide differentiated health care in conjunction with the other healthcare units within the National Health Service (SNS). CHULC’s activities ensure care is tailored to the patient’s needs in line with best clinical practices and the most efficient use of available resources, and include research, teaching, prevention and continuity of care in accordance with the primacy of the patient.

CHULC currently has 17 Reference Centres recognised by the Ministry of Health in the areas of:

  • Refractory Epilepsy,
  • Paediatric Oncology,
  • Cochlear Implants,
  • Inherited Metabolic Diseases,
  • Cystic Fibrosis,
  • Lung Transplant,
  • Structural Interventional Cardiology,
  • Congenital Heart Diseases,
  • Heart Transplant,
  • ECMO,
  • Pancreas Transplant,
  • Liver Transplant,
  • Kidney Transplant,
  • Rectal Cancer,
  • Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer,
  • Interventional Neuroradiology for Neurovascular Disease,
  • and Congenital Coagulopathies.

These reference centres provide differentiated care to patients with specific pathologies based on the latest technical and human resources available, ensuring accessibility, effectiveness, safety and excellence of care, in compliance with the highest ethical and scientific standards, and allowing postgraduate training and scientific research in their area of medicine.

With regards to clinical research, the Research Centre was created with the mission to foster high-quality research, in a sustained and organised way, in all hospitals within CHULC. Created in 2009, the Research Center provides support to all CHULC professionals who are involved in health research. It is widely recognised that research and innovation boost the fields of Medicine and Biology, Mental Health, Sociology, Teaching and Biomedical Innovation, improving quality of care for service users.

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General Indicators
No. of active clinical studies by study type
  • 68
    Active Clinical Trials
  • 86
    Active Non-Interventional Studies
No. of initiated clinical studies by study type
  • 16
    Clinical Trials initiated
  • 27
    Non-Interventional Studies initiated
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by therapeutic area
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by sponsor type
No. of active Clinical trials by sponsor type
No. of active clinical trials per phase
No. of active clinical trials by trial object
No. of active clinical trials by therapeutic area
  • 348/year
    No. of publications in indexed journals - last 5 full years
Global Capability Indicators
  • 1170
    No. of available beds in the institution
  • 1137
    No. of Physicians in the Institution
  • 2808
    No. of Nurses in the Institution
  • 62
    No. of Pharmacists in the Institution
  • 310 thousand
    No. of Inhabitants covered by the institution
Indicators of HR assigned to Investigation
Total number of people dedicated to clinical research in the institution
  • 85
    Researchers
  • 4,3
    Managers, Administrative, Legal and Financial
  • 6,9
    Study coordinators
  • 9
    Nurses
  • 1,9
    Pharmacists
Efficiency indicators
  • 23,8 days
    Average time between submission and approval of the Financial Contract in clinical trials and interventional clinical studies of medical devices
General Indicators
No. of active clinical studies by study type
  • 86
    Active Clinical Trials
  • 69
    Active Non-Interventional Studies
No. of initiated clinical studies by study type
  • 15
    Clinical Trials initiated
  • 25
    Non-Interventional Studies initiated
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by therapeutic area
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by sponsor type
No. of active Clinical trials by sponsor type
No. of active clinical trials per phase
No. of active clinical trials by trial object
No. of active clinical trials by therapeutic area
  • 300
    No. of publications in indexed journals - last 5 full years
Global Capability Indicators
  • 1170
    No. of available beds in the institution
  • 1137
    No. of Physicians in the Institution
  • 2808
    No. of Nurses in the Institution
  • 62
    No. of Pharmacists in the Institution
  • 310 thousand
    No. of Inhabitants covered by the institution
Indicators of HR assigned to Investigation
Total number of people dedicated to clinical research in the institution
  • 85
    Researchers
  • 4,3
    Managers, Administrative, Legal and Financial
  • 6,9
    Study coordinators
  • 9
    Nurses
  • 1,9
    Pharmacists
Efficiency indicators
  • 24 days
    Average time between submission and approval of the Financial Contract in clinical trials and interventional clinical studies of medical devices

Clinical Research Areas of interest

Clinical Research Areas of interest

  • Neurology
  • Paediatric neurology
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Oncology
  • Paediatric oncology
  • Cardiology
  • Paediatric cardiology
  • Pulmonology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Dermatology and Venereology
  • Haematology
  • Paediatric haematology
  • Nephrology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Urology

Hospital Units

Hospital São José

Hospital São José

Hospital Curry Cabral

Hospital Curry Cabral

Hospital Dona Estefânia

Hospital Dona Estefânia

Hospital de Santa Marta

Hospital de Santa Marta

Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos

Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos

Maternidade Dr Alfredo da Costa

Maternidade Dr Alfredo da Costa

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