Patient involvement has a significant impact on the design and delivery of clinical trials
3. Developing more patient-centric study protocols with an aim to improve retention and recruitment rates has brought about many benefits, as shown by our collaboration with the
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)4. We believe the same approach should be taken to RWE generation ensuring that research priorities and studies align with what patients actually need.
To achieve this, we partnered with Voice
5 (an intergenerational community of the public and professionals), Newcastle University
6 and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing
7.
Our goals were: