Establishment of a patient and public involvement and engagement group to support clinical trials in Pakistan: Initial lessons learned.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in clinical trials is increasingly recognized as vital for ensuring research relevance and accessibility. Despite its proven benefits, PPIE remains limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, and more examples of effective strategies for involvement are needed. This commentary outlines the establishment of a PPIE group for clinical trials in a lower-middle-income country setting with limited research infrastructure.

Main body

We established Pakistan's first ever PPIE group for clinical trials within a new clinical trials unit at Ziauddin University in Karachi. The objectives of our project were focused on group formation, redesign of informed consent documents for trials, and dissemination of tria

SUBMITTER: Tolppa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429104 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature