How the WIIRED2 project aims to support your recruitment to trials
The purpose of the project
Recruitment to clinical trials is often hampered by time pressure and fragmented information. WIIRED2 aims to be a central, memorable, and easily found resource for busy clinicians, in all specialities. It is designed with a "Mobile-First" philosophy, ensuring that critical information is easily accessible on smartphones, and delivers information written specifically by the clinicians in each department, detailing their own processes.
Does it work?
- Evidence from our first, multicentre project, WIIRED shows that concise, point-of-care study information works. Sites using WIIRED saw a 34% increase in staff added to delegation logs and a statistically significant increase in patient recruitment
- The app becomes a point of reference available to the whole healthcare team and fosters a more research-aware culture in the workplace
Here we explain the anatomy of a WIIRED study page, designed to make enrollment the easy thing to do.
Instant access to inclusion/exclusion and study conflict information
- The top of the page is for all staff members, to quickly assess whether a patient is eligible for a trial and who they can inform if it appears that the patient is eligible. It allows staff of any grade, in any discipline on the wards to be part of the team finding eligible patients.
- Bullet pointed lists drawn directly from study protocols ensure efficient assessments for eligibility at the bedside or remotely
- Setting out study conflict information relevant to the portfolio of an individual department helps ensure we avoid protocol violations
A quick script to start a conversation
- The page provides a bullet-point script to help guide clinicians explain to patients why research is safe and beneficial
- It helps support an initial conversation with a patient, emphasising the benefits to the individual patient themselves
The step-by-step logistics of recruitment
- The contact details and working hours of the research team
- Who can confirm eligibility
- A guide to the essential documentation needed by the study
- The comprehensive task list for recruitment, randomisation and treatment steps
Keen to join?
- Details how to contact the team are in the 'about section' below