Clinical Trials in the NHS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Improving public understanding of the role of clinical trials in the NHS.
IRAS ID
185689
Contact name
Elisa Visentin
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Anglia Ruskin University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 12 months, 0 days
Research summary
The aim of the proposed research is to increase what is known about the NHS users’ perceptions of the role of Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs). Engagements with the public will prompt localised ideas on how to improve the acceptability of CTIMPs in an NHS hospital. Queen’s Hospital will be used as focus for this project.\n\nFor the collection of data the study will use mixed methods and will be characterised by sequential data collections, for this reason it is divided into two stages. \n\nStage: 1. In a first phase, quantitative data, using a questionnaire: Attitudes to Randomised Trials Questionnaires (ARTQ) will be used.\n\nStage: 2. In the second phase (which will be done after stage 1 data collection is finished and analysed), two parallel qualitative data collections will take place. One will include 1:1 interviews with members of the public and one will be an engagement with an existing hospital focus group: Improving Patient Experience Group (IPEG).
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
16/NS/0008
Date of REC Opinion
1 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion