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Site staff perspectives on communicating trial results to participants: Cost and feasibility results from the Show RESPECT cluster randomized, factorial, mixed-methods trial

Publication

Published on: July 29, 2023

Published in: The Society for Clinical Trials

Description: Colleagues in the UK, assisted by Dr. Bierer, assessed site staff experience in returning plain language summaries to participants after completion of a trial. Not only did the staff feel that the communication was important but there were no concerns or challenges in responding to participant questions. Operations and cost were both feasible.

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Response to the proposed revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation

Public Comments

Comments submitted on: July 30, 2023

Comments submitted to: European Commission

Details: The MRCT Center submitted public comments on the proposed revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation. In broad support of merging the Paediatrics Regulation with general pharmaceuticals legislation, our comments urged the European Commission to ensure pediatric medicines development remains an implementation priority to meet the needs of children throughout Europe.

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Communicating complex numeric information in clinical research

Publication

Published on: June 19, 2023

Published in: Frontiers in Communication

Description: In their article entitled “Communicating complex numeric information in clinical research,” recently published in Frontiers in Communication, Dr. Barbara Bierer and Sylvia Baedorf Kassis present an overview of the numeric concepts that arise throughout the course of research participation, as well as important considerations when presenting such information.

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