Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the conduct of non-COVID-19 clinical trials: protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a detrimental impact on the conduct of non-COVID-19 related clinical trials, raising concerns about the completeness of these studies and waste of resources. While several measures and strategies have been suggested to address these issues, a thorough and timely summarisation is still lacking. Therefore, our aim is to conduct a scoping review to summarise the negative effects of COVID-19 on non-COVID-19 clinical trials, outline the effective measures for mitigating these impacts, and provide insights for future pandemics.

Methods and analysis

This scoping review will be conducted in line with the Joanna Briggs Institute's scoping review methodological framework, and the results will be reported following the Preferred Reporting Items

SUBMITTER: Shang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565133 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature