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Finding out about a trial :
What are clinical trials and why do we need them?
Different types of clinical trial
Being asked about taking part in a trial
Information and questions
Difficulties finding a trial to join
Deciding whether to take part – risk and benefits :
Reasons for wanting to take part – personal benefit
Reasons for wanting to take part – helping medical science
Deciding not to take part
Thinking about withdrawing from a trial
Why people may not be eligible to join a trial
Being in a trial :
Feelings about being allocated (randomised) to a treatment group
Feelings about being in a placebo-controlled trial
Blinded trials
Non-randomised trial designs and other studies
Side effects and queries
Time commitment, money and other practical issues
Appointments, monitoring, questionnaires
Communication between different health professionals
At the end of a trial :
Feelings when a trial ends
Feedback of trial results
Other issues :
Attitudes to taking part in another trial
Funding and publishing trials
Public awareness and involvement
Under-researched topics/priorities for other research
Messages to other people
Messages to professionals
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People's stories
Screening, prevention other medical interventions
Sue - Interview 01
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Sue’s first baby was born by emergency caesarean. In her next pregnancy she took part in a trial looking at different types of information ...
Joanna - Interview 04
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Joanna took part in a six-year trial of screening for ovarian cancer. She feels some aspects of the trial were not well managed. Her ...
Caroline - Interview 08
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Caroline’s first baby was born by emergency caesarean. In her next pregnancy she took part in a trial comparing different types of information and ...
Rosamund - Interview 18
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Rosamund is taking part in a large trial testing the effectiveness of screening for ovarian cancer. She is in the control group, so she has ...
Sabiha - Interview 19
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Sabiha took part in a trial of breast screening for younger women (under 50). More recently she volunteered for a trial of cholesterol-lowering drugs ...
Amanda - Interview 22
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Amanda has taken part in a trial of pro-biotic yoghurt for irritable bowel syndrome, and withdrew from a trial about early interventions to prevent ...
Tony - Interview 36
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Tony took part in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Viagra (sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction following a prostate operation. He was in the placebo ...
Jenny - Interview 40
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Jenny is in a trial of different ways of treating heavy periods at her GP surgery. The trial compares standard treatment with a new kind ...
Leslie - Interview 43
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Leslie took part in a placebo-controlled drug trial of rofecoxib (Vioxx) for prostate cancer prevention. He became extremely ill, but doctors monitoring his progress ...
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