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Table 1 Stakeholders for qualitative interviews

From: Using digital tools in the recruitment and retention in randomised controlled trials: survey of UK Clinical Trial Units and a qualitative study

Stakeholder groups

(number of participants)

Example of the type of roles held

Eligibility criteria

(involvement in one or more of)

Trialists in CTUs (n = 3) in primary/secondary care

Trialists and recruiters

Trial recruitment

Management of trials (CTU staff)

Research practitioners in primary care (n = 3)

Principal Investigators

Leading funding applications

Research funding bodies (n = 3)

Funding committee members / Charities

Contribute to decision-making of funding allocation from charities or NIHR

Ethics committees and Health Research Authority (n = 3)

Ethics committee members

Contribute to decision-making on research ethics

Research participant/patient representatives (n = 4)

Research participant representatives

Experience of participating in trials

  1. CTU Clinical Trials Unit, NIHR National Institute for Health Research