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Table 1 Number of trials identified and the number designed to include adults who lack capacity to consent

From: Protection by exclusion? The (lack of) inclusion of adults who lack capacity to consent to research in clinical trials in the UK

Trial condition/population

Number of clinical trials completed in previous 3 years

Number of clinical trials including adults who lack capacity to consent completed in previous 3 years

Parkinson’s disease

12

1

Huntington’s disease

2

0

Dementia

25

6

Intellectual disabilities

1

0

Learning disabilities

4

2

Down’s syndrome

0

0

Stroke

25

2

Traumatic brain injury

0

0

Critical care

8

3

Emergency

4

1

TOTAL

81

15