Participating sites

These pages allow the hospital sites already participating in the CATALYST Trial to download the latest and previous versions of most of the documentation distributed for this trial.

Please see the links below, where we provide answers to some of the frequently asked questions by hospital research staff. Also find details of the trial arms. Please note that the documents provided are password protected - contact the CATALYST Trial Office if you do not have these details.

Trial Arms

Find up-to-date information on the trial arms and cohorts open and closed to recruitment

Trial Overview

Chief Investigator: Dr Tonny Veenith
Deputy Chief Investigator: Dr Benjamin Fisher
Sponsor: University of Birmingham
Funder: UK Research and Innovation – Medical Research Council
Disease Site: Viral lower respiratory tract infections
Trial Type:
Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP)
An open-label, phase II, multi-arm multi-stage proof of principle trial designed to guide the selection of interventions for phase III trials
Status: Open
CPMS number: 45648
EudraCT Number: 2020-001684-89
ISRCTN: 40580903
Recruitment Start Date: 12-May-2020

Principal Investigators and their associated site
Site NamePrinicpal Investigator
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital		 Dr Tony Whitehouse,
Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia,
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,
Good Hope Hospital
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,
Heartlands Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
John Radcliffe Hospital		 Dr Matthew Rowland,
Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics at University of Oxford,
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College NHS Trust,
Charing Cross Hospital		 Professor Graham Cooke,
Professor of Infectious Diseases,
Imperial College NHS Trust
Imperial College NHS Trust,
Hammersmith Hospital
Imperial College NHS Trust,
St Mary’s Hospital
Bolton BHS Foundation Trust,
Royal Bolton Hospital		 Dr Madhu Balasubramanaim,
Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia,
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
University College Hospital		 Professor Joanna Porter,
Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine,
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board,
University Hospital of Wales		 Dr Matt Wise,
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine,
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board
Swansea Bay University Local Health Board,
Morriston Hospital		 Mr Brendan Healy,
Consultant in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,
Swansea Bay University Local Health Board
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal Hallamshire Hospital		 Dr Nick Morley, Consultant in Haematology,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust