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Open Access 01-11-2013 | Oral presentation

Evidence base for patient and public involvement in clinical trials (EPIC)

Authors: Carrol Gamble, Louise Dudley, Jennifer Newman

Published in: Trials | Special Issue 1/2013

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Patient and public involvement (PPI), inclusion of members of the public as active partners in the research process, can be a requirement of research funding. Limited evidence has suggested that clinical trials may be particularly likely to benefit from PPI. There is a lack of critical assessment of PPI and suggestions in the literature of selective reporting of its benefits. This study aims to increase the knowledge of PPI in clinical trials by systematically investigating how it is approached within a cohort of public funded randomised trials in the UK. …
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Title
Evidence base for patient and public involvement in clinical trials (EPIC)
Authors
Carrol Gamble
Louise Dudley
Jennifer Newman
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-O34

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