Links:

Enabling Lower Carbon Clinical Trials (CiCT) Project

Publications

Griffiths J, Fox L, Williamson PR on behalf of the Low Carbon Clinical Trials Group. Quantifying the carbon footprint of clinical trials: guidance development and case studies. BMJ Open 2024;14:e075755. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075755. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1/e075755

Jessica Griffiths, Fiona Adshead, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman et al. Quantifying the carbon footprint of academic clinical trials: building the evidence base and hotspot identification, 09 May 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4363597/v1]

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4363597/v1

Carbon footprinting Guidance and data collection tools

  • Latest version of guidance (with table of amendments and reason for updates at the end),
  • data collection tool
  • data collection questionnaire

Training

  • Drop-in clinic slides and flyer
  • Placeholder for: recorded footprinting training
  • Placeholder for: worked example footprinting (The Footprint Trial protocol, with answers)

Funding awarded to the TMRP Greener Trials group

  • MRC NIHR TMRP Funding award for patient animated video and drop in clinics
  • UKRI Innovate UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks

Resources

Organisations/websites/training

Papers