E-Consent in UK academic-led clinical trials: current practice, challenges and the need for more evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person healthcare visits were reduced. Consequently, trial teams needed to consider implementing remote methods for conducting clinical trials, including e-Consent. Although some clinical trials may have implemented e-Consent prior to the pandemic, anecdotes of uptake for this method increased within academic-led trials. When the increased use of this process emerged, representatives from several large academic clinical trial groups within the UK collaborated to discuss ways in which trialists can learn from one another when implementing e-Consent.

Methods

A survey of UKCRC-registered Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) was undertaken in April-June 2021 to understand the implementation of and their views on the use of e-Consent and experi

SUBMITTER: Mitchell EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565982 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature