Applying PRECIS-2 to primary care trials Gordon Forbes Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Mary University of London
The PCTU and PRECIS-2 Worked with trial teams to apply PRECIS-2 to seven randomised trials in primary care Conducted a qualitative study investigating what makes trials relevant to primary care (see poster #170)
COPERS Trial of a group self management course for chronic pain patients
SWAP A trial of a peer support weight action programme
Cluster randomised trials and PRECIS-2 STOP trial: pharmacy based treatment for smoking cessation Randomisation and intervention at the pharmacy level
Some tips on scoring a PRECIS-2 domain Before deciding what the PRECIS-2 score for a domain is try understand: What the PRECIS-2 domain means your context What is “usual care” (or a PRECIS-2 score of 5) What is planned/happened in the trial