Category: Clinical Trial Units
Level: Bronze
Author: King's College London & Cardiff University
The Impact: <p>Reduction of research waste.</p>
Details
In order to minimise the environmental impact of clinical trials, CTUs must, where possible, build environmental sustainability choices into trial design from the very outset. CTUs already play a role in ensuring that clinical trials are designed with rigourous protocols that maximise a trial's chance of success, thus reducing research waste, and in turn the environmental impact of redundant or unsuccessful trials. Furthermore, CTUs are optimally placed to assess where a trial's protocols can be adjusted to minimise its environmental impact, without harming the quality and validity of the trial, nor comprimising participant safety.
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