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Table 1 Definitions of participants and other public contributors

From: When participants get involved: reconsidering patient and public involvement in clinical trials at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL

 

Participant

Patient/member of the public

Someone who is a participant in this trial, even if they are no longer actively receiving treatment or attending appointments

✓

X

Someone who is (or has been) a participant in another trial(s) or who may become a participant in the future

X

✓

Someone who participated in a feasibility or pilot study that led to this trial

X

✓

Someone who gave consent for an individual to participate in this trial, e.g. the parent of a child

✓

X

Carers, patients or people from organisations that represent patients, carers or other service users in this trial

X

✓