Patient Experience: Initiative Solutions

Gratitude Toolkit

Show Appreciation to Clinical Study Participants

TransCelerate, in partnership with patients/care partners, sites, and industry sponsors, developed the Gratitude Toolkit (GRAT), a set of deliverables that sponsors, with their site partners, can leverage to acknowledge and show appreciation to clinical trial participants. The GRAT streamlines options and tactics, providing a compilation of deliverables for study teams in healthcare for ease of implementation, with reduced friction and time.

This toolkit further supports the Patient Experience Initiative’s vision of improving engagement and partnership between biopharmaceutical companies and patients/care partners to create better experiences for clinical study participants.

The Gratitude Toolkit​​ contains the following assets:

User Guide
Templates
Background

The infographic, titled “Showing Gratitude to our Clinical Trial Participants throughout the Clinical Trial Journey,” highlights how the Gratitude Toolkit can be used to show appreciation to patients and caregivers throughout their clinical trial journey and the potential benefits it may have to both patients and sponsors.

Learn why it is important to show gratitude to clinical trial participants throughout the clinical trial journey by clicking to the infographic here.

User Guide

Today, sponsors seek solutions to improve the participant experience for a positive impact on overall trial success. This Guide includes:

  • An overview of the importance of demonstrating appreciation to clinical trial participan​ts.
  • General considerations for sponsors to implement gratitude in a clinical study as well as considerations for specific tools and tactics that can be utilized to show appreciation to participants.
  • Available tools and references on the topic​.

View our User Guide here.