Improving diversity in clinical research for patients undergoing surgery (PROTECT-DIVERSITY)

Diversity in perioperative research

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14173025

Enrollment

532

Registered

2025-12-04

Start date

2026-03-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-24

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Conditions

Adult patients undergoing elective surgery Surgery

Interventions

Current interventions, as of 05/08/2026: The master protocol is registered at https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN14639555 The method of informed consent will use either an electronic or paper method, whi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 years and over undergoing elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to provide informed consent 2. Co-enrolment in PROTECT CTIMP comparisons 3. Previous enrolment to the PROTECT-DIVERSITY comparison

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reciprocal diversity index for ethnicity on a scale of 0 to 100 at end of trial	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Completeness of data collection for protected characteristics at trial end 2. Degree of agreement for protected characteristics data between data collection modalities at trial end	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactTom Abbot

t.abbott@qmul.ac.uk+44 203 594 0348

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026