Patients and the Public
These pages are for:
- Patients, carers, and members of the public who want to know more about clinical trials and who might want to participate in a trial or give input into the research process.
- Researchers who are looking for help to actively involve patients, carers, and members of the public in their research.
They tell you more about:
- Clinical trials: what is a clinical trial, how do they run, and how to take part.
- Patient and Public Involvement (PPI): what is PPI, and how we are working to embed PPI in all our studies. We also share a useful list of PPI resources that we have created.
Read more about it in the sections below.
About Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies involving patients, which compare a new or different type of treatment with the best treatment currently available (if there is one).
Taking Part in a Clinical Trial
These pages tell you how you can find a trial to take part in and what questions you could ask, if you are invited to take part in a trial.
Patient and Public Involvement
These pages tell you what Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is, and how it is being taken forward at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.