Consent for extended monitoring studies requiring participant contact over years or decades. Addresses evolving privacy concerns and re-consent procedures.
The Long-Term Follow-Up consent template is designed for studies requiring participant engagement over extended periods, potentially spanning years or decades. It addresses the unique challenges of maintaining contact, evolving privacy concerns, and the need for periodic re-consent.
With ten sections, this template covers introduction, long-term study purpose, what participation means over time, contact and tracking procedures, privacy protections over the study duration, data retention policies, re-consent procedures, risks of long-term participation, benefits, and contact information.
The template acknowledges that circumstances change over time and explains how the study will handle updates to contact information, changes in participants' preferences, and evolving regulatory requirements. It also addresses what happens to data if participants withdraw or become unreachable.
Essential for cancer survivorship studies, cardiovascular outcomes research, pediatric studies with adult follow-up, and any research requiring longitudinal data collection over many years.
This is a preview of the complete consent form experience participants will see.
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• Contact tracking procedures
• Re-consent provisions
• Data retention policies