Leaflet– SWAT FAQs
This leaflet answers some common questions about SWATs. The leaflet was produced by Dr Adwoa Parker at the York Trial Forge Centre.
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General Resources
Guidance– Trial Forge Guidance 1: what is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)?
Randomised trials are a central component of all evidence-informed health care systems and the evidence coming from them helps to support health care users, health professionals and others to make more informed decisions about treatment. The evidence available to trialists to support decisions on design, conduct and reporting of randomised trials is, however, sparse. Trial
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Guidance– Trial Forge Guidance 2: how to decide if a further Study Within A Trial (SWAT) is needed
The evidence base available to trialists to support trial process decisions—e.g. how best to recruit and retain participants, how to collect data or how to share the results with participants—is thin. One way to fill gaps in evidence is to run Studies Within A Trial, or SWATs. These are self-contained research studies embedded within a
Leaflet– ESP2–Are you setting up new trial recruitment sites?
If you are, ESP2 needs you. COVID-19 update: trials related to COVID-19 are eligible for ESP2. We recognise of course that current clinical and other pressures mean that this sort of project may be a lower priority. Setting up trial recruitment sites takes time and effort. Not all of this effort is rewarded because not
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Leaflet– A systematic approach to making trials more efficient
Trial Forge will increase: Coordination: let’s all agree priority problems in trial methods research. Collaboration: let’s work together to tackle those priority problems.
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