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A report from the NIHR UK working group on remote trial delivery for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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cam.issuedOnline2021-12-11
dc.contributor.authorMasoli, Jane AH
dc.contributor.authorDown, Kim
dc.contributor.authorNestor, Gary
dc.contributor.authorHudson, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, John
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, James D
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Carolyn A
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Camille
dc.contributor.authorNIHR Remote Trial Delivery Working Group
dc.contributor.orcidMasoli, Jane AH [0000-0003-3794-7065]
dc.contributor.orcidO'Brien, John [0000-0002-0837-5080]
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-04T13:29:36Z
dc.date.available2022-01-04T13:29:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-11
dc.date.submitted2021-06-03
dc.date.updated2022-01-04T13:29:36Z
dc.descriptionFunder: National Institute for Health Research; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of clinical trial activity took place face to face within clinical or research units. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant shift towards trial delivery without in-person face-to-face contact or "Remote Trial Delivery". The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) assembled a Remote Trial Delivery Working Group to consider challenges and enablers to this major change in clinical trial delivery and to provide a toolkit for researchers to support the transition to remote delivery. METHODS: The NIHR Remote Trial Delivery Working Group evaluated five key domains of the trial delivery pathway: participant factors, recruitment, intervention delivery, outcome measurement and quality assurance. Independent surveys were disseminated to research professionals, and patients and carers, to ascertain benefits, challenges, pitfalls, enablers and examples of good practice in Remote Trial Delivery. A toolkit was constructed to support researchers, funders and governance structures in moving towards Remote Trial Delivery. The toolkit comprises a website encompassing the key principles of Remote Trial Delivery, and a repository of best practice examples and questions to guide research teams. RESULTS: The patient and carer survey received 47 respondents, 34 of whom were patients and 13 of whom were carers. The professional survey had 115 examples of remote trial delivery practice entered from across England. Key potential benefits included broader reach and inclusivity, the ability for standardisation and centralisation, and increased efficiency and patient/carer convenience. Challenges included the potential exclusion of participants lacking connectivity or digital skills, the lack of digitally skilled workforce and appropriate infrastructure, and validation requirements. Five key principles of Remote Trial Delivery were proposed: national research standards, inclusivity, validity, cost-effectiveness and evaluation of new methodologies. CONCLUSIONS: The rapid changes towards Remote Trial Delivery catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to sustained change in clinical trial delivery. The NIHR Remote Trial Delivery Working Group provide a toolkit for researchers recommending five key principles of Remote Trial Delivery and providing examples of enablers.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.79331
dc.identifier.eissn1745-6215
dc.identifier.issn1745-6215
dc.identifier.others13063-021-05880-8
dc.identifier.other5880
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331881
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.subjectCommentary
dc.subjectRemote trial delivery
dc.subjectVirtual research
dc.subjectTrial methodology
dc.subjectRemote research
dc.titleA report from the NIHR UK working group on remote trial delivery for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
dc.typeOther
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-11-24
prism.issueIdentifier1
prism.publicationNameTrials
prism.volume22
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1186/s13063-021-05880-8

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