Attitudes of patients and family members towards deferred and waived consent in ECPR research, an ancillary study of the INCEPTION trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In emergency settings, obtaining timely informed consent is not always feasible, making deferred and waived consent a potential solution. Despite its frequent use in high-risk research, the experiences and opinions of patients and (bereaved) relatives have been scarcely investigated. This study examined their attitudes towards enrolment in the INCEPTION-trial (NCT03101787) on extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR).

Methods

Questionnaires were sent to survivors and (bereaved) relatives who had signed consent forms for follow-up research in the initial INCEPTION-trial. Additionally, relatives where consent was waived were contacted through their general practitioner with a request to participate. Responses included Likert-scale and free-text data, were

SUBMITTER: Eussen SEDM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12906210 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature