WEBPAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

 

Developing Guidance for Informed Consent Designs for Trials with Usual Care Groups WORKSHOP

In-person pre-conference workshop in Birmingham, September 2026 

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Workshop format will include presentations and facilitated discussions led by topic-experts. Workshop participants will be invited to check interpretation of their contributions in any outputs. ​

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Workshop materials

• background material, including summaries of existing recommendations/guidance relating to the design and/or reporting of informed consent processes for pragmatic trials with usual care comparators and summaries of primary and secondary research in this area

• information and educational materials (lexicon of informed consent terminology, typology of informed consent models in relation to the ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘when’ dimensions of informed consent, examples of different informed consent models from published primary research)

• materials to generate open dialogue and discussion and discover areas of consensus, and identify next steps required for building consensus on guidance for informed consent designs for trials with usual care groups.

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Draft PROGRAMME
 

• Welcome

• ​Presentations by topic experts

• Different models (use, acceptability)

• Discussions

• Preliminary consensus exercise

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Workshop Organising Committee (WOC) includes representatives of diverse professional groups in pragmatic trials (triallists, clinicians, bioethicists, trial managers, researchers, medical statisticians, REC members, CTU and RSS staff).  The WOC will oversee all aspects of the workshop including programme design and materials, invitations to workshop attendees including topic-experts and representatives of key stakeholder groups, methods to foster open dialogue and discussion, curation and dissemination of outputs.

For more information contact c.relton@qmul.ac.uk

 

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