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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Dr
Naomi
Dickson
+44 (0)28961 51447
MARCH@nictu.hscni.net
Dr
Ashley
Agus
+44 (0)28961 51447
Ashley.Agus@nictu.hscni.net
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Trial follow up/retention
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When participants stay involved in a clinical trial after their treatment has finished, it allows researchers to collect important follow-up information about the study treatments. Unfortunately, participants often drop out of the study before the end, and the reasons for this are poorly understood. High levels of patient dropout is a particular problem in clinical trials that involve patients in critical care. This may be because participants are recruited when they are unconscious and lack capacity. Participants may not understand how important it is to collect information about people’s health several months after they are discharged from ICU.
Researchers want to see if they can improve the collection of follow-up information in the MARCH trial by running a small study at the same time, called a Study Within a Trial (or SWAT). SWATs help researchers find out the best way to run studies. The researchers want to know whether communication aimed at making people feel part of the MARCH study improves the return rate of follow-up questionnaires. After their discharge from hospital, the researchers will send some study participants a thank you card, personalised letters, and a promotional item (e.g. reusable coffee cup) to encourage the feeling of being part of a group. They will then work out if people feel they belong to the study group, and whether belonging to the study group increases the number of patients who complete and return two health-related questionnaires which will be sent 6 months after they first joined the study.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
Does not meet the inclusion criteria
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Dr
Ashley
Agus
+44 (0)28961 51447
Ashley.Agus@nictu.hscni.net
Dr
Naomi
Dickson
+44 (0)28961 51447
MARCH@nictu.hscni.net
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and funded by Health Technology Assessment Programme.
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