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RecruitingNCT07838285Updated Sep 30, 2026

Patients' Refusal to Participate in Surgical Research: Prevalence, Attributed Factors, and How to Overcome

An observational study in Participation Rate, Patient and Clinical Trials, sponsored by Mansoura University. Recruiting at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-30.

Sponsored by Mansoura University · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2026; still recruiting 2 months later.
Updated Sep 30, 2026Interventions changedGo to Updates ↓
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
372
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study aims to investigate the prevalence of refusal of participation in surgical clinical trials in our community. Furthermore, it aims to highlight potential factors contributing to refusal of participation. Finally, it aims to know how to engage patients and their representatives in future surgical clinical trials.

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Conditions studied

  • Participation Rate, Patient
  • Clinical Trials

Keywords

  • Survey
  • Refusal
  • Surgery
  • Research
  • Trials
  • Prevalence
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In context

Patient Participation

409 studies on the registry are indexed under Patient Participation; 101 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 372 is above the median of 170 across 80 observational studies indexed under Patient Participation.

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Lead sponsor

Mansoura University is the lead sponsor of 1,119 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients admitted to Mansoura University Department 8 at the main hospital, Mansoura University Gastrointestinal Surgery Centre, and Oncology Centre, Mansoura University

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Inclusion criteria

  • All consecutive patients admitted to the General Surgery Department and the Surgical Oncology Department
  • Adult patients aged 18 years or older
  • Both genders

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients less than 18 years old
  • Patients with behavioural problems
  • Patients with psychiatric disorders
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
372 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Accept to participate in clinical trails

    those patients who would participate in clinical trials

    Other: Questionnaire

Interventions

  • OtherQuestionnaire

    Questionnaire with questions about accepting participation in clinical research

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of refusal of participation in surgical clinical trials in our community

    Time frame: within 48 hours of admission

Secondary outcomes

  1. potential factors contributing to refusal of participation

    Time frame: within 48 hours from admission

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Interventions
Arms or interventions changed
Sep 30, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Sep 30, 2026
    Interventions Arms or interventions changed
    + 1 other change: index terms

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07838285
Responsible party
Mostafa shalaby, MD, MSc, PhD (Associate Professor & Consultant of General Surgery, Mansoura University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 24, 2026
Start date
Sep 9, 2026
Primary completion
Nov 8, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 9, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 30, 2026

Study contacts

Mostafa Shalaby, MBBCh, MSc, MD, PhD, FACS
Contact
mostafashalaby@mans.edu.eg
00201001645917

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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