Question reference: S6W-12065
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 10 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of patients that have participated in clinical trials in each year since 2015, broken down by (a) clinical speciality and (b) gender.
Answer
The total number of participants in clinical studies carried out between 2015-16 and 2021-22 ranged between 32,443 and 45,394 per year. Figures broken down per study type and clinical specialty are outlined in the table. Data broken down by gender is not available centrally.
Table 1. Number of participants by study type and portfolio area per year.
Studies & Portfolio Areas | FY15-16 | FY16-17 | FY17-18 | FY18-19 | FY19-20 | FY20-21 | FY21-22 | Total |
Audit/Evaluation | 5 | 10 | 41 | 56 | ||||
Cancer | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Cardiovascular | 10 | 41 | 51 | |||||
Basic science | 3219 | 3478 | 4696 | 6535 | 6198 | 17836 | 6894 | 48856 |
Ageing | 42 | 33 | 75 | |||||
Anaesthesia | 5 | 39 | 149 | 121 | 13 | 327 | ||
Cancer | 1090 | 834 | 465 | 523 | 482 | 170 | 747 | 4311 |
Cardiovascular | 330 | 367 | 471 | 571 | 723 | 723 | 401 | 3586 |
Children | 47 | 160 | 637 | 1297 | 1138 | 30 | 41 | 3350 |
Critical Care | 299 | 76 | 29 | 73 | 52 | 767 | 574 | 1870 |
Dermatology | 10 | 61 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 42 | 209 | |
Diabetes | 132 | 534 | 542 | 454 | 365 | 19 | 99 | 2145 |
Gastroenterology | 89 | 396 | 482 | 290 | 486 | 1743 | ||
Genetics | 53 | 41 | 550 | 520 | 117 | 33 | 189 | 1503 |
Haematology | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 407 | 1 | 2 | 442 |
Hepatology | 140 | 145 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 321 | |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 237 | 9 | 0 | 236 | 14316 | 2804 | 17602 | |
Mental Health | 160 | 86 | 99 | 83 | 63 | 42 | 48 | 581 |
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 272 | 88 | 115 | 243 | 108 | 19 | 30 | 875 |
Musculoskeletal | 4 | 27 | 80 | 161 | 202 | 32 | 69 | 575 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 51 | 203 | 208 | 511 | 273 | 150 | 152 | 1548 |
Ophthalmology | 3 | 1 | 32 | 97 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 187 |
Oral and Dental Health | 31 | 133 | 35 | 43 | 242 | |||
Primary Care | 25 | 26 | 51 | |||||
Renal Disorders | 116 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 83 | 26 | 42 | 366 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 46 | 363 | 287 | 220 | 49 | 20 | 12 | 997 |
Respiratory disorders | 78 | 344 | 497 | 247 | 155 | 320 | 374 | 2015 |
Stroke | 130 | 94 | 311 | 661 | 644 | 379 | 313 | 2532 |
Surgery | 15 | 19 | 30 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 135 | |
Trauma and Emergencies | 17 | 213 | 193 | 340 | 405 | 1168 | ||
Uncategorised | 82 | 1 | 17 | 100 | ||||
Combined | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 44 | ||
Cancer | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Cardiovascular | 18 | 0 | 20 | 38 | ||||
Hepatology | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Respiratory disorders | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CTIMP | 3669 | 3854 | 3629 | 6168 | 5220 | 7665 | 5677 | 35882 |
Ageing | 10 | 44 | 85 | 33 | 172 | |||
Anaesthesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Cancer | 863 | 945 | 1072 | 1121 | 965 | 474 | 779 | 6219 |
Cardiovascular | 630 | 706 | 919 | 1833 | 1778 | 674 | 862 | 7402 |
Children | 43 | 465 | 181 | 639 | 81 | 40 | 76 | 1525 |
Critical Care | 2 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 78 | 231 | 165 | 527 |
Dermatology | 41 | 42 | 35 | 29 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 210 |
Diabetes | 247 | 96 | 111 | 768 | 877 | 85 | 36 | 2220 |
Ear, Nose and Throat | 18 | 33 | 3 | 51 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 146 |
Gastroenterology | 14 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 135 |
Genetics | 58 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 109 | |||
Haematology | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
Hepatology | 67 | 99 | 99 | 140 | 106 | 22 | 36 | 569 |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 4 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 40 | 5083 | 2379 | 7566 |
Mental Health | 20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 87 |
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 12 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
Musculoskeletal | 97 | 143 | 59 | 98 | 40 | 303 | 566 | 1306 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 256 | 163 | 118 | 130 | 94 | 128 | 146 | 1035 |
Ophthalmology | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 87 |
Oral and Dental Health | 358 | 170 | 5 | 533 | ||||
Pain | 0 | 40 | 15 | 16 | 71 | |||
Primary Care | 44 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 82 | |||
Renal Disorders | 195 | 65 | 31 | 51 | 183 | 64 | 37 | 626 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 360 | 347 | 223 | 148 | 93 | 16 | 91 | 1278 |
Respiratory disorders | 232 | 149 | 185 | 292 | 255 | 284 | 131 | 1528 |
Stroke | 321 | 335 | 248 | 252 | 219 | 145 | 189 | 1709 |
Surgery | 54 | 38 | 53 | 65 | 23 | 23 | 256 | |
Trauma and Emergencies | 115 | 82 | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 363 |
Uncategorised | 15 | 1 | 3 | 19 | ||||
Data | 336 | 260 | 678 | 628 | 321 | 1214 | 495 | 3932 |
Anaesthesia | 101 | 18 | 119 | |||||
Cancer | 21 | 16 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 71 | 136 | 339 |
Cardiovascular | 78 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 17 | 183 |
Children | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 128 | 146 |
Critical Care | 1 | 24 | 4 | 29 | ||||
Dermatology | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Diabetes | 257 | 78 | 335 | |||||
Ear, Nose and Throat | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Gastroenterology | 13 | 4 | 10 | 27 | ||||
Haematology | 50 | 22 | 25 | 231 | 1 | 329 | ||
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 3 | 2 | 23 | 62 | 144 | 234 | ||
Mental Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Musculoskeletal | 11 | 11 | ||||||
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 33 | 49 | 175 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 322 |
Ophthalmology | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Primary Care | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Renal Disorders | 8 | 110 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 205 | |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 131 | 247 | 21 | 399 | ||||
Respiratory disorders | 4 | 199 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 362 | ||
Surgery | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 | |||
Trauma and Emergencies | 34 | 15 | 0 | 796 | 845 | |||
Device | 3099 | 4958 | 5943 | 3344 | 8275 | 2324 | 6617 | 34560 |
Cancer | 116 | 153 | 63 | 341 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 779 |
Cardiovascular | 514 | 1151 | 2016 | 901 | 4252 | 1939 | 4096 | 14869 |
Children | 9 | 1 | 8 | 18 | ||||
Critical Care | 174 | 299 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 492 | |
Dermatology | 43 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 74 | ||
Diabetes | 1693 | 1753 | 578 | 46 | 2473 | 340 | 2077 | 8960 |
Haematology | 236 | 920 | 1827 | 1543 | 1229 | 0 | 5755 | |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 44 | 41 | 87 | 44 | 216 | |||
Mental Health | 4 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 110 | |
Musculoskeletal | 162 | 127 | 229 | 161 | 38 | 3 | 22 | 742 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 52 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 107 |
Ophthalmology | 25 | 78 | 89 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 238 |
Oral and Dental Health | 135 | 44 | 7 | 12 | 198 | |||
Renal Disorders | 34 | 134 | 125 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 408 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 42 | 74 | 74 | 83 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 321 |
Respiratory disorders | 44 | 65 | 32 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 187 | |
Stroke | 125 | 114 | 124 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 34 | 460 |
Surgery | 8 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 84 | ||
Trauma and Emergencies | 35 | 281 | 4 | 0 | 222 | 542 | ||
Other | 3065 | 3211 | 2228 | 2093 | 1139 | 314 | 1191 | 13241 |
Ageing | 32 | 33 | 65 | |||||
Cancer | 46 | 26 | 17 | 46 | 104 | 13 | 29 | 281 |
Cardiovascular | 52 | 49 | 53 | 27 | 1 | 46 | 228 | |
Children | 74 | 80 | 77 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 307 |
Critical Care | 79 | 49 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 157 | ||
Dermatology | 51 | 96 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 57 | 274 |
Diabetes | 6 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 55 | |||
Ear, Nose and Throat | 772 | 372 | 28 | 1172 | ||||
Gastroenterology | 265 | 220 | 650 | 457 | 303 | 0 | 1895 | |
Genetics | 139 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
Haematology | 8 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 349 |
Hepatology | 7 | 31 | 62 | 30 | 66 | 5 | 24 | 225 |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Mental Health | 434 | 650 | 469 | 375 | 57 | 1985 | ||
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 184 | 107 | 291 | |||||
Musculoskeletal | 204 | 250 | 93 | 158 | 143 | 0 | 139 | 987 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 252 | 407 | 263 | 263 | 41 | 2 | 46 | 1274 |
Primary Care | 188 | 67 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 293 | ||
Renal Disorders | 17 | 0 | 17 | |||||
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 293 | 750 | 414 | 471 | 218 | 133 | 407 | 2686 |
Respiratory disorders | 17 | 17 | ||||||
Stroke | 79 | 63 | 25 | 54 | 75 | 96 | 94 | 486 |
Trauma and Emergencies | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Other/randomised CT | 8921 | 5903 | 4632 | 5812 | 4374 | 1875 | 4771 | 36288 |
Ageing | 437 | 474 | 410 | 317 | 5 | 172 | 1815 | |
Anaesthesia | 76 | 141 | 181 | 51 | 26 | 39 | 514 | |
Cancer | 2906 | 392 | 777 | 840 | 943 | 222 | 276 | 6356 |
Cardiovascular | 201 | 311 | 729 | 605 | 861 | 964 | 2516 | 6187 |
Children | 101 | 9 | 72 | 135 | 286 | 89 | 267 | 959 |
Critical Care | 217 | 233 | 79 | 60 | 79 | 31 | 91 | 790 |
Dermatology | 93 | 84 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 209 | ||
Diabetes | 42 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 92 | 7 | 5 | 247 |
Ear, Nose and Throat | 46 | 60 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 182 | ||
Gastroenterology | 20 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 68 | |
Genetics | 72 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 100 |
Haematology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
Hepatology | 71 | 48 | 281 | 26 | 56 | 37 | 519 | |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 222 | 2 | 8 | 104 | 53 | 78 | 1 | 468 |
Mental Health | 280 | 212 | 265 | 127 | 239 | 7 | 48 | 1178 |
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 1 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 39 | 140 | 215 | |
Musculoskeletal | 106 | 107 | 145 | 264 | 176 | 53 | 63 | 914 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 172 | 151 | 57 | 60 | 189 | 49 | 42 | 720 |
Ophthalmology | 42 | 51 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 118 | |
Oral and Dental Health | 356 | 1092 | 6 | 48 | 1502 | |||
Pain | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Primary Care | 2493 | 2277 | 35 | 221 | 99 | 0 | 159 | 5284 |
Renal Disorders | 178 | 144 | 132 | 217 | 85 | 35 | 139 | 930 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 512 | 422 | 527 | 1060 | 454 | 107 | 122 | 3204 |
Respiratory disorders | 28 | 96 | 118 | 156 | 140 | 20 | 145 | 703 |
Stroke | 109 | 111 | 63 | 81 | 193 | 41 | 141 | 739 |
Surgery | 102 | 139 | 130 | 38 | 50 | 35 | 203 | 697 |
Trauma and Emergencies | 562 | 552 | 88 | 76 | 252 | 9 | 115 | 1654 |
Qualitative | 1125 | 347 | 603 | 470 | 512 | 794 | 395 | 4246 |
Ageing | 20 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 142 | |||
Anaesthesia | 2 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 194 | |||
Cancer | 134 | 12 | 41 | 74 | 64 | 14 | 84 | 423 |
Cardiovascular | 34 | 10 | 3 | 47 | ||||
Children | 3 | 24 | 0 | 72 | 36 | 57 | 9 | 201 |
Critical Care | 20 | 15 | 9 | 44 | ||||
Dermatology | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
Diabetes | 33 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 78 | |||
Genetics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Hepatology | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 | ||||
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 141 | 16 | 34 | 118 | 149 | 96 | 20 | 574 |
Mental Health | 19 | 14 | 105 | 5 | 502 | 108 | 753 | |
Musculoskeletal | 0 | 42 | 15 | 74 | 131 | |||
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 259 | 56 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 376 | ||
Ophthalmology | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||
Oral and Dental Health | 16 | 16 | ||||||
Primary Care | 445 | 42 | 20 | 35 | 59 | 69 | 39 | 709 |
Renal Disorders | 1 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 46 | ||
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 5 | 70 | 21 | 10 | 106 | |||
Respiratory disorders | 1 | 111 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 151 | ||
Stroke | 14 | 4 | 37 | 82 | 3 | 140 | ||
Surgery | 17 | 17 | ||||||
Uncategorised | 40 | 14 | 54 | |||||
Questionnaires | 5517 | 14109 | 13875 | 11428 | 2562 | 1776 | 7177 | 56444 |
Anaesthesia | 2322 | 1622 | 620 | 4564 | ||||
Cancer | 442 | 1392 | 199 | 310 | 173 | 60 | 375 | 2951 |
Cardiovascular | 32 | 95 | 448 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 141 | 756 |
Children | 67 | 224 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 62 | 118 | 533 |
Critical Care | 43 | 133 | 179 | 188 | 292 | 443 | 1278 | |
Dermatology | 20 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 96 |
Diabetes | 41 | 75 | 80 | 11 | 47 | 1000 | 4 | 1258 |
Gastroenterology | 53 | 71 | 208 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 437 |
Genetics | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
Haematology | 137 | 60 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 253 | |
Hepatology | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 108 | 23 | 4 | 169 |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 23 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 86 |
Mental Health | 1675 | 298 | 514 | 756 | 437 | 34 | 94 | 3808 |
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 21 | 18 | 0 | 39 | ||||
Musculoskeletal | 94 | 86 | 197 | 44 | 161 | 5 | 37 | 624 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 183 | 8385 | 1058 | 336 | 67 | 1 | 37 | 10067 |
Ophthalmology | 3 | 18 | 53 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 111 | |
Oral and Dental Health | 1 | 0 | 66 | 343 | 410 | |||
Pain | 4 | 49 | 53 | |||||
Primary Care | 673 | 341 | 4621 | 3831 | 54 | 19 | 299 | 9838 |
Renal Disorders | 24 | 82 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 175 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 1655 | 85 | 264 | 13 | 37 | 78 | 4244 | 6376 |
Respiratory disorders | 11 | 4 | 3108 | 48 | 27 | 13 | 68 | 3279 |
Stroke | 356 | 340 | 564 | 154 | 82 | 19 | 30 | 1545 |
Surgery | 0 | 39 | 37 | 68 | 144 | |||
Trauma and Emergencies | 1 | 142 | 2283 | 3888 | 428 | 13 | 126 | 6881 |
Uncategorised | 53 | 635 | 0 | 688 | ||||
Tissue Samples | 3624 | 3505 | 2492 | 2177 | 3842 | 11596 | 3180 | 30416 |
Cancer | 983 | 1321 | 731 | 509 | 762 | 216 | 269 | 4791 |
Cardiovascular | 25 | 49 | 54 | 118 | 177 | 80 | 283 | 786 |
Children | 170 | 178 | 73 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 465 |
Critical Care | 3 | 22 | 0 | 63 | 48 | 136 | ||
Dermatology | 171 | 122 | 182 | 143 | 131 | 50 | 56 | 855 |
Ear, Nose and Throat | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 40 | |||
Gastroenterology | 225 | 116 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 436 | 19 | 847 |
Genetics | 242 | 181 | 90 | 82 | 55 | 25 | 32 | 707 |
Haematology | 24 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 81 |
Hepatology | 19 | 113 | 66 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 232 |
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | 46 | 65 | 21 | 10 | 1161 | 10390 | 1570 | 13263 |
Mental Health | 123 | 113 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 271 | ||
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 32 | ||
Musculoskeletal | 670 | 644 | 507 | 377 | 348 | 131 | 324 | 3001 |
Neuroprogressive and Dementia | 7 | 80 | 102 | 110 | 100 | 14 | 21 | 434 |
Ophthalmology | 10 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 32 | |||
Oral and Dental Health | 53 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 83 | 6 | 220 | |
Renal Disorders | 100 | 45 | 26 | 107 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 293 |
Reproductive Health and Childbirth | 658 | 380 | 306 | 159 | 269 | 102 | 347 | 2221 |
Respiratory disorders | 60 | 4 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 37 | 208 |
Surgery | 12 | 19 | 60 | 115 | 206 | |||
Trauma and Emergencies | 22 | 52 | 127 | 356 | 524 | 45 | 96 | 1222 |
Uncategorised | 23 | 20 | 30 | 73 | ||||
Total | 32,583 | 39,643 | 38,789 | 38,696 | 32,443 | 45,394 | 36,417 | 263,965 |