“It’s trying to manage the work” : A qualitative evaluation of recruitment processes within a UK multi-centre trial

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank all interviewees who agreed to take part in this study. The authors would like to thank the TISU Trial Group for their support with this project. In particular, the authors would like to thank Sarah Cameron (TISU Trial Manager) for her help in identifying and recruiting staff from the various TISU trial study sites. Funding ZCS was supported by a core grant from the CSO (reference CZU/3/3) and a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund award (reference RG12724-18). KG was supported by an MRC Methodology Research Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1). Transcription costs were supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), HTA programme (TISU project number 10/137/01). The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the HTA programme, NIHR, National Health Service or the Department of Health.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Patient and public involvement in numerical aspects of trials : a mixed methods theory-informed survey of trialists’ current practices, barriers and facilitators

Funding: BG was supported to develop this research by the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund at the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Recruiters' perspectives of recruiting women during pregnancy and childbirth to clinical trials : a qualitative evidence synthesis

Funding: This paper forms part of doctorial research project supported by the Health Research Board Trial Methodology Research Network (of Ireland) PhD scholarship awarded to VH. https://www.hrb-tmrn.ie/. The manuscript represents the views of the named authors only. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Dissemination of trial results to participants in Phase III pragmatic clinical trials : an audit of trial investigators intentions

Acknowledgments We thank Bill Davidson (former joint Head of Policy for the Health Research Authority (HRA)) and colleagues at the HRA for enabling access to IRAS data, providing access to HARP and commenting on progress and initial results of the study (specifically, Juliet Tizzard and Jim Elliott). Thanks also to Graeme Maclennan for analysis advice and all members of the RECAP study team (Marion Campbell, Vikki Entwistle, Rosemary Humphreys, Sandra Jayacodi and Peter Knapp). Funding HB was funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences (SBF002\1014) and KG was funded by the Medical Research Council (MR/L01193X/1). MZR was unfunded and conducted this work as part of a Masters in Public Health degree.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Studies within a trial priorities to improve the evidence to inform recruitment and retention practice in clinical trials

Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Trials Methodology Research Partnership (MR/S014357/1). The Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences (University of Aberdeen), is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The funders had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, reporting or the decision to publish.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

­­­­Using evidence when planning for trial recruitment : An international perspective from time-poor trialists

Funding: This study was funded by the Chief Scientist Office of Scotland’s Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committee (project reference HIPS/16/07 - https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/outputs/cso-funded-research/hips16/). HRG was supported by a scholarship from Aberdeen Development Trust which funded her PhD fees and stipend, KG was supported by an MRC Methodology Research Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1), and ST was supported by core funding from the University of Aberdeen. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Designing greener participant centred trials : an analysis of 'carbon relevant' factors within items that influence participants decisions about trial recruitment and retention

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Assessing effective interventions to improve trial retention : do they contain behaviour change techniques?

This research was supported by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Department. KG was supported by an MRC Methodology Research Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

How do trial teams plan for retention during the design stage of the trial? : A scoping review protocol

Funding This research forms part of a doctoral research project supported by the Health Research Board Trial Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN) PhD scholarship awarded to EM. The funder had no role in the design, data collection, and analysis or preparation of the protocol.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The relative importance of information items and preferred mode of delivery when disseminating results from trials to participants : a mixed methods study

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank Suzanne Breeman, Lynda Constable and David Emele, who identified eligible participants from the VUE and PROSPECT trials; Andrea Fraser and Janice Cruden for their help preparing the mail-merge documents for the invitation packs; and Rosemary Humphreys and Sandra Jayacodi for their valuable feedback on the first drafts of the patient information leaflets and ranking exercises. This study was conducted as a Masters of Public Health research project (Jessica Wood) at the University of Aberdeen with funding provided through the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition. Katie Gillies was supported by an Academy of Medical Sciences (SBF002\1014) award and a Medical Research Council Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1). The Health Services Research Unit is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (CZU/3/3). The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Open Access via UoA Wiley Agreement Article Funding Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.Peer reviewedPublisher PD