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Read the lay summary of a clinical trial
The UKCTG is run by the NIHR on behalf of all the UK Health Departments and the source of its data includes the ISRCTN trial register managed by Current Controlled Trials, BioMed Central’s sister company.
To prepare for the inclusion of lay summaries in the corresponding trial records, a specific field has been created in the ISRCTN database. As of 7 June 2011, trialists can now provide the text of a lay summary or a link to an existing webpage as part of the submission of trial details. The lay summary information stored in this new field will be passed on to the UKCTG in the coming weeks. ISRCTN will also be working with a number of organizations including CancerHelp UK, the National Research Ethics Service and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit to ensure that lay summaries that are made visible through the ISRCTN and the UKCTG websites are of the highest quality possible.
Posted by Tara Cronin at 16:04 Comments (2)
Terrific, and great timing with http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/patientsparticipate/ #JISCPP taking place on 17th June, London.
I'll certainly mention the above in my talk :)
Posted by Graham Steel on June 09, 2011 at 06:43 PM BST #
Thanks for the encouragement Graham. BioMed Central will also be attending the British Library event Patients Participate on 17 June.
Posted by BioMed Central on June 10, 2011 at 11:49 AM BST #