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Table 1 Participant and employment role-related characteristics

From: Use of external evidence for design and Bayesian analysis of clinical trials: a qualitative study of trialists’ views

ID

Job role

Role description

Years in career

Types of trials

Highest educational qualification

Senior stat, P1

Trial statistician

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

3.5

RCTs, feasibility studies, primary and secondary care

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P2

Senior statistician

Lead trial statistician and writing grant applications

6

RCTs, observational studies, surgery

MSc Statistics

Ch inv, P3

Medical professor

Responsible for people planning/conducting the analysis of a clinical trial and lead of NIHR funded trials

> 10

RCTs, FIH, translational studies

PhD, Clinical

Methods lead, P4

Principle statistician

Responsible for people planning/conducting the analysis of a clinical trial and lead of NIHR funded trials

> 10

RCTs, feasibility studies

PhD, Statistics

Ch inv, P5

Medical professor

Responsible for people planning/conducting the analysis of a clinical trial and lead of NIHR funded trials

> 10

RCTs, FIH, translational studies

MD, Clinical

Clin stud, P6

Clinical PhD student

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

5

RCTs

PhD, Clinical

Trial stat, P7

Trial statistician

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

5

RCTs, feasibility studies

MSc Statistics

Trial stat, P8

Trial statistician

Planning and conducting the analysis of a clinical trial

3.5

RCTs, feasibility studies

PhD, Statistics

Trial stat, P9

Trial statistician

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

3.5

RCTs, feasibility studies, primary and secondary care

MSc Statistics

Methods lead, P10

Principle statistician

Responsible for people planning/conducting the analysis of a clinical trial

> 10

RCTs, feasibility studies

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P11

Senior statistician

Planning and conducting the analysis of a clinical trial

7

RCTs, feasibility studies

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P12

Senior statistician

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

4

RCTs, feasibility studies

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P13

NIHR Research Fellow

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

0.5

RCTs, feasibility studies, surgery

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P14

Senior statistician

Planning and conducting the analysis of a clinical trial and writing grant applications

6.5

RCTs, feasibility studies, observational data/cohorts

MSc Statistics

Methods lead, P15

Principle statistician

Planning and conducting the analysis of a clinical trial and writing grant applications

5

RCTs, observational data/cohorts

MSc Statistics

Senior stat, P16

Senior statistician, PhD student

Conducting analysis of trials in practice

5

RCTs, feasibility studies

MSc Statistics

  1. RCTs randomised controlled trials; MSc Master of Science; NIHR National Institute for Health Research; FIH First in human; PhD Doctor of Philosophy; MD Doctor of Medicine