Using Patient Advisory Boards to Solicit Input Into Clinical Trial Design and Execution

Annick Anderson; Jasmine Benger; Ken Getz

doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.06.006

Using Patient Advisory Boards to Solicit Input Into Clinical Trial Design and Execution

Clin Ther. 2019 Aug;41(8):1408-1413. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.06.006. Epub 2019 Jul 12.

Authors

Annick Anderson¹, Jasmine Benger², Ken Getz²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: annickanderson@ciscrp.org.
² Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 31307831
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.06.006

Abstract

Academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, foundations, and associations are routinely implementing patient advisory boards (PABs) to solicit patients' voices and perspectives on a variety of clinical research-related areas, including protocol design, clinical trial execution, informed-consent form design, clinical trial medicine kit design, wearable devices and mobile technologies, and patient-communication materials. Based on experience conducting >50 PABs during the past several years, the authors provide insights into how to best plan and execute PABs and their value in informing improvement in patient engagement.

Keywords: patient advisory boards; patient centricity patient engagement; voice of the caregiver; voice of the patient.

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic*
Humans
Patient Participation*
Research Design