Call for malaria clinical researchers

The methods used to question patients to obtain information about medical history, adverse events, or medication use, including adherence to study treatment, can impact the results of clinical trials. Yet there is no consensus on how patients should be questioned or how this data should be assessed and recorded.

The ACT Consortium and the University of Cape Town are currently undertaking an online survey about the methods used by malaria clinical researchers to question clinical trial participants about their ill health and treatment use.

Following the survey, malaria clinical researchers will be invited to review the results and the broader literature around elicitation of participant-reported data, and debate the need for harmonising such data elicitation methods. If there is an agreed need, the malaria clinical research community will have a strong foundation from which to work towards consensus on the appropriate design of relevant and feasible methods.
 
For more information or to register your interest to participate in the project, contact Elizabeth Allen (Elizabeth.allen@uct.ac.za).