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ABSTRACT: Background
Informed consent is among the biggest challenges in recruiting participants for clinical research studies. Researchers face many challenges in conducting clinical trials, some of which include budgetary restrictions, lack of trained personnel, and difficulty recruiting study participants-particularly minorities and participants from rural communities.Objective
The objective of this study is to utilize telemedicine to improve the informed consent process for clinical trials and studies. We aim to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the teleconsent intervention among residents in urban and rural settings.Methods
This study will be conducted separately yet concurrently at two institutions, the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to compare results within and across institutions.Results
Enrollment for Phase 1 began in March of 2018 and concluded in May 2018. Data transcription and analysis will be conducted through June and September of 2018.Conclusions
In this paper, we present a novel approach for conducting informed consent using a new telemedicine modality, namely, teleconsent. Teleconsent presents the ability to conduct a live interaction among clinical research coordinators and potential participants while synchronously presenting the consent form on the screen and obtaining participant's signature through doxy.me, the teleconsent system. Teleconsent provides potential to improve obtaining informed consent from potential clinical trial participants.Registered report identifier
RR1-10.2196/11239.
SUBMITTER: Khairat S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234333 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khairat Saif S Ottmar Paige P Sleath Betsy B Welch Brandon B Qanungo Suparna S Nichols Michelle M Obeid Jihad S JS
JMIR research protocols 20181017 10
<h4>Background</h4>Informed consent is among the biggest challenges in recruiting participants for clinical research studies. Researchers face many challenges in conducting clinical trials, some of which include budgetary restrictions, lack of trained personnel, and difficulty recruiting study participants-particularly minorities and participants from rural communities.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study is to utilize telemedicine to improve the informed consent process for clinical tr ...[more]