Clinical trials are a key step in the discovery of new drugs and treatments, and are of great help to advance medicine. They usually involve evaluating new health interventions by assessing their effects on human health outcomes. Both adults and children can participate in clinical trials. However, recruitment and retention of patients, especially children, appears to be one of the main challenges that scientists face.
In order to make the most of clinical trials and help bring forward new and effect health interventions, we have created a questionnaire for adolescents aged 12-17 and their parents. This questionnaire aims to identify preferences for the use of digital technologies in clinical trial participation among young people.