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Clinical Trials

  • Overview
  • Finding out about a trial
    • What are clinical trials and why do we need them?
    • Different types of clinical trial
    • Being asked about taking part in a trial
    • Information and questions about clinical trials
    • Difficulties finding a trial to join
  • Deciding whether to take part – risk and benefits
    • Reasons for wanting to take part in a clinical trial - personal benefit
    • Reasons for wanting to take part in a clinical trial - helping medical science
    • Deciding not to take part in a clinical trial
    • Thinking about withdrawing from a trial
    • Why people may not be eligible to join a trial
  • Being in a trial
    • Feelings about being allocated (randomised) to a treatment group
    • Feelings about being in a placebo-controlled trial
    • Blinded trials
    • Non-randomised trial designs and other studies
    • Side effects and queries about clinical trials
    • Time commitment, money and other practical issues
    • Appointments, monitoring, questionnaires
    • Communication between different health professionals
  • At the end of a trial
    • Feelings when a trial ends
    • Feedback of trial results
  • Other issues
    • Attitudes to taking part in another trial
    • Funding and publishing trials
    • Public awareness and involvement
    • Under-researched topics/priorities for other research
    • Messages to other people
    • Messages to professionals
  • People's Profiles
    • Cancer drugs and radiotherapy - randomised trials
    • Long term conditions
    • Trials involving surgery
    • Mental health trials
    • Not taking part in a trial
    • Cancer - Non-randomised studies
    • Screening, prevention other medical interventions
    • Organising trials
  • Resources and Information
  • Credits

Clinical Trials

Profiles - Trials involving surgery

Merilyn - Interview 41

Merilyn is a cleaner. She is married with 3 adult children. Ethnic background/nationality' White British.

Ronny - Interview 42

Ronny is a retired painter and decorator. He is separated. Ethnic background/nationality' White English.

Alex - Interview 45

Alex is a University Lecturer. He is married with 1 child aged 6. Ethnic background/nationality' Russian.
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