Webinar: Catherine Arundel - Conducting a Study Within A Trial (SWAT) in RCTs - What, why and how
Event Details
Studies within a trial are methodological studies embedded within host trials to evaluate alternative trial processes (e.g., for recruitment, retention, data collection or monitoring) or to explore why processes are undertaken as they are (e.g., reasons for non-consent or withdrawal). The webinar will describe what SWATs are and why they are important to include in trials. Key considerations for how to identify, design and embed a SWAT in a trial will be presented, best practice shared and useful resources highlighted.
Speaker:
Catherine Arundel is a Senior Research Fellow at and an Assistant Director of York Trials Unit (University of York). She has extensive experience in the design and delivery of multi-centre randomised controlled trials particularly in relation to vascular and wound care treatments. Catherine also has an interest in methodological research specifically in relation to strategies for recruitment and retention of trial participants and has embedded studies within many of her trials. She is the UK Trial Methodology Research Partnership co-lead for Trial Conduct, a member of the Trial Forge SWAT Centre and also leads the Trial Forge SWAT Network.
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