Table 1.

Patient and Public Involvement related questioning within interviews*

Questioning for trialists/funder representatives/sponsor representatives

Views of PPI and actual impact on trial conduct decisions

Role of PPI on the TMG/TSC

Background of public members on the TMG/TSC

Reasons for selecting public members to be part of the TMG/TSC

Views on which committee (TMG/TSC) public members are best placed to contribute

Questioning for public contributors

Experience in trial oversight committees

Their understanding of their role in the committee

Examples of how they perceived they had influenced trial conduct

How they felt during oversight meetings

PPI patient and public involvement, TMG trial management group, TSC trial steering committee

*Extracted from interview topic guides