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. 2016 Nov 24;6(11):e013649. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013649

TableĀ 4.

Patient attitudes towards the making trial results publically available

Question Answer choices N (%)
If you knew that a study sponsor or investigator had not made results from previous trials publicly available, would this affect your decision to participate in a new trial run by the same group? More likely to participate 96 (12)
Less likely to participate 499 (63)
No impact 204 (26)
How important is it to you that the people who did the study make the results from a trial that you took part in publicly available? Very important 383 (48)
Important 291 (36)
Minor importance 78 (10)
Not important 47 (6)
How important is it to you that the people who did the study make the results from a trial that you took part in available to you personally? Very important 413 (52)
Important 264 (33)
Minor importance 69 (9)
Not important 52 (7)
As part of the informed consent process, how important would it be to you as a potential trial participant to know whether the people sponsoring or running the trial had made the results from previous trials available to the public? Very important 385 (48)
Important 290 (36)
Minor importance 66 (8)
Not important 58 (7)