Patient representatives’ views on patient information in clinical cancer trials

"The emotional and cognitive responses to written patient information reported by patient representatives provides a basis for revised formats in future trials and add to the body of information that support use of plain language, structured text and illustrations to improve the informed consent process and thereby patient enrolment into clinical trials."

Patient representatives’ views on patient information in clinical cancer trials
P Dellson, M Nilbert, C Carlsson
BMC Health Services Research, 2016, 16:36 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1272-2

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Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials

"Among this group of large clinical trials, non-publication of results was common and the availability of results in the ClinicalTrials.gov database was limited. A substantial number of study participants were exposed to the risks of trial participation without the societal benefits that accompany the dissemination of trial results."

Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysis
CW Jones, L Handler, KE Crowell, MA Weaver, TF Platts-Mills
British Medical Journal, 2013:347:f6104

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