Database of participants willing to be re contacted for future studies
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
240599
Contact name
Thomas MacDonald
Contact email
Research summary
Generating a database of individuals who provide consent for contact for future studies
REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2
REC reference
18/ES/0015
Date of REC Opinion
9 Mar 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
We will write to each participant of the SCOT trial and provide them with the results of the trial. At the same time, we will ask them if they would be willing to be contacted again by MEMO in the future should there be any clinical research studies that they may be suitable for.
The data we will collect from these individuals will be their name, home address and email address. They will be asked to provide these details at their own discretion either online via www.scottrial.co.uk or by returning a pre-populated document via a reply-paid envelope. If they do not wish to be contacted again then their data will not be added to the database.
Research programme
One of the greatest challenges in undertaking clinical research studies is the difficulty in recruiting adequate numbers of participants to effectively assess the research question. Therefore, this database of individuals, who have agreed to being contacted again in the future, will be able to contribute to future clinical studies should they further consent to take part. Summary of Results We wrote to 4656 participants who previously took part in the SCOT trial to inform them of the trial results. In the same letter we also asked if they would be willing to be contacted again by MEMO research about any potential research studies that they may be suitable for. Participants willing to be contacted either returned a paper response form or registered online at the study website. Participants provided their unique study ID from the SCOT study, their name, home address, and email address. 937 participants registered or provided their contact details.
Research database title
Generating a database of individuals who provide consent for contact for future studies
Establishment organisation
University of Dundee
Establishment organisation address
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4HN