BioMed Central Blog : Read the lay summary of a clinical trial - UK

A lay summary (eg. plain english version)  is the description of the research question of a trial in laymen's terms and should aim to answer the following questions:

• Background and study aims

• What does the study involve

• Who can take part

• Where does the study take place

• What are the risks to participants

• Who is funding the project

• Who is the main contact

UK site: Understanding Cancer

Note: plain english, many topics

"Hello, I am Avril Morrison and I run this website “Understanding Cancer”. I’m a scientist and I write about cancer research and cancer information on the web."