✚ What else should you know about lay summaries?

 

Additional key considerations related to lay summaries.

 
 

Applicable to Phase 1 through to Phase 4 trials.

Prior knowledge of the trial is not to be assumed.

Precise formatting requirements must be observed.

Should be as short as possible.

 

Use language understandable to a 6th-grade student.

Translations of the summaries must be provided in line with the requirements of the regulation.

The trial sponsor is responsible for ensuring that the lay summary is developed and submitted.

Visual aids can help enhance the understanding of text.