Public reporting of clinical trial findings as an ethical responsibility to participants: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand how the experiences and views of trial participants, trial investigators and others connected to clinical trial research relate to whether researchers have a duty to participants to publicly report research findings.

Design

Qualitative interview study.

Setting

Semistructured interviews held in person or by telephone between March 2019 and April 2021 with participants in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.

Participants

34 participants, including 10 clinical trial participants, 17 clinical trial investigators, 1 clinical research coordinator, 3 research administrators and 3 research ethics board members.

Analysis

We conducted a thematic analysis, including qualitative coding of interview transcripts and

SUBMITTER: Morrow RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10032397 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature