Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol

Jamie C Brehaut*1,2, Alison Lott5, Dean A Fergusson1,2, Kaveh G Shojania6, Jonathan Kimmelman4 and Raphael Saginur1,3 Address: 1Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada, 2Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada, 3Research Ethics Board, The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Civic Parkdale Clinic, Suite 470, 737 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 1J8, Canada, 4Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, 3647 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X1, Canada, 5Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), 160 Elgin Street, Address Locator 4809A Ottawa, Ontario,. | BioMed Central Implementation Science Open Access Study protocol Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials A study protocol Jamie C Brehaut 1 2 Alison Lott5 Dean A Fergusson1 2 Kaveh G Shojania6 Jonathan Kimmelman4 and Raphael Saginur1 3 Address 1Ottawa Health Research Institute Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus 1053 Carling Avenue Ottawa Ontario K1Y 4E9 Canada 2Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa Ontario K1H 8M5 Canada 3Research Ethics Board The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus Civic Parkdale Clinic Suite 470 737 Parkdale Avenue Ottawa Ontario K1Y 1J8 Canada 4Biomedical Ethics Unit McGill University 3647 Peel Street Montreal Quebec H3A 1X1 Canada 5Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR 160 Elgin Street Address Locator 4809A Ottawa Ontario K1A 0W9 Canada and 6Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Rm. D470 2075 Bayview Ave. Toronto Ontario M4N 3M5 Canada Email Jamie C Brehaut - jbrehaut@ Alison Lott - Dean A Fergusson - daferfusson@ Kaveh G Shojania - Jonathan Kimmelman - Raphael Saginur - rsaginur@ Corresponding author Published 23 July 2008 Implementation Science 2008 3 38 doi 1748-5908-3-38 Received 1 May 2008 Accepted 23 July 2008 This article is available from http content 3 1 38 2008 Brehaut et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Evidence shows that the standard process for obtaining informed consent in clinical trials can be inadequate with study participants frequently not understanding even basic .