Who is organising and funding the study?
The central study organiser is the University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, which has experience of running very large trials like PD MED. The study is funded by the NHS Research & Development Programme. The doctors involved are not being paid for recruiting patients into the study. The study has also been reviewed by the West Midlands Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee and the Local Research Ethics Committee at your hospital. The central study organiser is the University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, which has experience of running very large trials like PD MED. The study is funded by the NHS Research & Development Programme. There is no drug company involvement. The doctors taking part are not being paid for recruiting patients into the study. The study has been reviewed and approved by national and local research ethics committees. There are no special arrangements for compensation in the (unlikely) event that you are harmed as a result of taking part in the study. B
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