Structure and promote clinical and translational research in critical care.
The network
Centres committed together to critical care research
CRICS-TRIGGERSEP brings together clinical research teams in France and Belgium. The network aims to strengthen multicentre collaboration and continue its international development.

Our missions
Driving collaborative research to improve care
Develop multicentre trials to improve patient care.
Bring academic researchers and industry partners together around national and international projects.
Identify phenotypes and biomarkers associated with infection, sepsis and its complications.
Explore new therapeutic targets.
Improve patient outcomes, reduce sepsis-related mortality and accelerate access to innovative critical care treatments.
Our organisation
Complementary work packages
CRICS-TRIGGERSEP activities are organised around several work packages.
Clinical investigation and support
Coordinates research activity and provides centres with the support required to conduct high-quality clinical investigations.
Humanities and social sciences
Supports clinical trials that account for the experiences of patients, families and healthcare professionals.
Scientific advisory board
Facilitates interaction between project leaders, investigators, methodologists and biostatisticians.
Paediatric clinical investigation
Integrates paediatric clinical investigation into the network’s activities across all ages.
Our highlights
Opportunities to connect and share
Key events shape life across the network, offering members opportunities to exchange ideas, share experience and move projects forward.
Scientific Retreats
For two days, CRICS-TRIGGERSEP brings healthcare professionals, clinicians and researchers together in a dedicated setting away from the hospital routine, giving them time for in-depth collective reflection on their ideas.
The CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Annual Seminar
Open to medical and paramedical staff and research professionals from member centres, this meeting reviews the network’s scientific progress, upcoming projects and shared experience.
Research Staff Meetings
Dedicated to clinical research staff from CRICS-TRIGGERSEP centres, these meetings provide a forum for sharing tools, experience, difficulties and good practice in clinical trial management.

