Participation in Trials & Studies

Without people volunteering to participate in clinical trials and research studies, clinical research simply would not happen. It is vital for progress in healthcare that patients, their carers and family members continue to support clinical trials and research studies by volunteering to participate.

To find out more about what it is like to participate and what happens during research studies and clinical trials, please visit our sister website, which has video clips of participants and researchers talking about their experiences.

And if you wish to register your contact details with the Diabetes Research Network, so that its staff can contact you if a study is recruiting in your area, please visit the registration form.

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Diabetes Stories

There are now 100 stories on the Diabetes Stories website. Read the Diabetes Stories press release or visit the Diabetes Stories website.

INVOLVE

Patient and public involvement in research is a relatively new area, which has been pioneered by INVOLVE. For more information about INVOLVE, please visit the INVOLVE website.

Involving London

www.involvinglondon.co.uk

NHS Choices

NHS Choices website has been developed to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services when you need them.

People in Research

People in Research aims to help members of the public make contact with organisations that want to actively involve people in clinical research. It has been developed by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, INVOLVE and others.

Sense about Science

Sense About Science has produced a guide to help people to query the status of science and research reported in the media. Get the guide by clicking the e-button below (opens in a new window).

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Patients and the Public

Welcome to the Diabetes Research Network’s ‘Patients and the Public’ page. Here you will find information about how to you can take part in diabetes research by:

getting involved in discussions and helping to make decisions about research, such as what research is performed and how it is conducted
participating in a clinical trial or research study as a volunteer.

Getting Involved

The DRN plans to make advances in diabetes care by improving in the coordination and quality of research into type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It will focus on methods of treatment, diagnosis, care and prevention for diabetes, as well as looking for a cure for the condition.

To achieve advances in these areas, it is critical that the DRN receives input from people affected by diabetes to help guide its progress.

Further details on getting involved

Participation in a Clinical Trial or Research Study

It is vital that the DRN recruits participants to the trials and studies that are being performed across the network. The DRN is likely to be looking for people:

with type 1 diabetes
with type 2 diabetes
with gestational diabetes, or with previous gestational diabetes
at risk of developing diabetes
without diabetes, to act as ‘healthy’ comparisons

If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial or research study, take a look at Participation in Trials and Studies (left hand column of this page).

Register your Details

To register your contact details for involvement and/or participation, please visit the registration form.

What If I Live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Each nation within the United Kingdom has its own portfolio of research studies, and its own Patient and Public Involvement Programme – if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, please visit the involvement links below for more information: