Our first year students here at our TMRP DTP symposium in Birmingham. Great to see everyone in-person, looking forward to great things! MRC TMRP DTP

When planning a trial there is often debate about how much one might need to inflate the sample size for to account for non-response to study patient questionnaires. But are there ways to improve #QuestionnaireResponse in the first place? 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #65

Clinical trials are crucial for advancing modern medicine. A key resource? Patient data. But do patients know how their data is used in these trials? We explore this in our new learning pathway 👇 bit.ly/3sVQd5L

We are increasingly seeing the use of #RoutineHealthcareData in clinical trials-data routinely collected on healthcare systems as part of standard healthcare delivery ie. not specifically collected for research purposes. But when/how should they be used 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #73

In a clinical trial, a key step is to ensure our outcomes will measure the potential benefit of our intervention, but we must always equally focus on the collation & presentation of potential #harms 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #74

One option for trials running at the same time is #CoEnrollment of patients to more than one study - ie if a patient is eligible for more than one study in their care pathway they have the opportunity to be recruited to both trials. 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #76

Very pleased to share our new mixed-methods study paper on feasibility & acceptability of newborn early warning scores for preterm infants in Kenya. In collaboration with KEPRECON, University of Nairobi and 3 hospitals in Kenya. link.springer.com/article/10.118… 1/3

I’m devastated for my dear country. It breaks my heart to see the youth abducted and slain in the streets because they raised the voice to #RejectfinanceBill2024 Those who swore to serve & protect 🇰🇪 have become who Kenyans need protection from. God have mercy on your people.

Our Qualitative Methods in Clinical Trials course is now open for booking. This takes place from 4-6 December 2024. Early bird rates apply up to 6 November 2024. To book, please see store.nottingham.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Publish or perish. Or publish and perish? #PhDForum #EMCRforum #research #acwri

A key component of trial conduct is monitoring of the integrity of the data quality and assessment that conduct of trial processes are being accurately followed 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #107

A design that came up in discussion at the ACTA clinical trials conference last week was the”effectiveness-implementation hybrid design” 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #108

We're back for 2025, all the best everyone 😀 Reminder that we are still open to applications for fully funded PhD projects for our TMRP DTP See more here mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo... Closing Date 13 Jan

Please respond to the #trialmanagement survey from Tony Ndungu - a really important PhD project for marketing in clinical trials! Closing date 3 March - and you could win a £25 voucher too!

If you haven’t had a chance to, there’s still time to complete our survey!

Want to learn more about clinical trials? Come join us in May for 5 days in Nottingham to learn the fundamentals - link to book below. Please share! 🙏

Last chance to tell us your views on engaging, recruiting & retaining participants and sites in clinical trials to help us develop a marketing toolkit to help folk in academic-led trials. If you work in trial management or as a trial investigator we’d love to hear from you! ⬇️