Questionnaire Survey on Awareness of Patients Who Participated in Clinical Trials

Shinichi Kobayashi*, Ruriko Kashikuma*, Hiroyuki Furukawa**, Yukiko Matsushima**,
Shigeyuki Nakano***, Masae Kuranari***, Shuji Onozuka, Orie Asaka, and Yoshihiro Narita

No.18 : May 2004

To consider appropriate conditions for clinical trials in Japan, the awareness of patients who had participated in clinical trials was investigated. questionnaire survey was implemented at three university hospitals and two clinics, from which 283 responses were collected.

About 80% of respondents had a good impression of the clinical trials, and 94% felt favorably about participating in another trial, despite the fact that Among the respondents, 64% answered that clinical trials were not known by the general public, and 89% thought that Based on the survey results, several measures for revitalizing Based on the survey results, several measures for revitalizing Japanese clinical trials were considered from the patient viewpoint.

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