To evaluate the effect on response rates to subsequent follow-up questionnaires of making a courtesy introductory telephone call to newly recruited participants in a randomised trial compared with a written card with equivalent information.
Trial Forge will make trials more efficient by looking for marginal gains across all trial processes, from research question to implementation into routine care. It will encourage everyone connected with trials to be more sceptical of what we do by asking for the evidence behind all of our trial decisions.