CTU Bern is the clinical trials unit of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern. It is one of six Swiss units supported by the clinical trial units program of the Swiss National Science Foundation. CTU Bern is hosted by the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) and primarily acts as a service centre coordinating clinical studies initiated by investigators of the University of Bern and collaborating institutions.