Informed Consent Forms
Transform your informed consent form to a plain language visual document.
Empower potential participants with clear and understandable clinical trial information so they know what to expect and can make an informed, confident decision.
The Problem
Informed consent forms are often not easy for participants to understand.
A survey by the National Assessment of Adult Literacy reported that the average reading level of US adults is eighth grade or below. However, most research-related consent forms are written at a level much higher than that. A recent review of written consent forms revealed that most are currently written at a 10th grade reading level or higher across all medical specialties.1
8th Grade Reading Level
Recommended for research-related documents
CISCRP's Solution
We create a general plain language ICF template (including graphic design) that study teams can populate and customize for every clinical trial.
Our approach is to simplify the written content by eliminating jargon and using familiar language that is easy to understand. In addition, we use a pilot project to ensure the templates are usable by study teams that are tasked with leveraging the ICF template for their study specific consent process.
Allow everyone to make an informed decision about participation by providing easy-to-read and understandable information to patients. Instead of providing printed or electronic forms, the industry should move to including videos and infographics to make the process engaging.
