How To Create Your Own Multimedia Library For Informed Consent

By Camila Matheny, Andrew Mackinnon, and Kevin J. Aniskovich

Clinical trials often face a "leaky pipe" issue in recruitment, where potential participants drop out at every stage. Traditional paper consent forms contribute significantly to this attrition. eConsent offers a digital solution, enhancing participant understanding and retention through multimedia education. Multimedia eConsent goes beyond traditional text, incorporating visuals, animations, and videos to make complex medical information more understandable and engaging. Sponsors benefit from eConsent's flexible, reusable multimedia libraries featuring study-specific content like protocol videos, knowledge-check questions, and interactive visuals that explain trial requirements. Standardized interactive elements, such as a hyperlinked glossary and a visual protocol map, foster clearer understanding for participants with varying levels of health literacy.

Utilizing eConsent helps trial sites comply with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) by ensuring participants are thoroughly informed. Sponsors find this approach economical and scalable across multiple trials. By offering empathy and clarity, multimedia eConsent transforms the patient experience, mitigating enrollment barriers and creating a more accessible path to understanding clinical trials. For further guidance, reach out to Jumo Health or Medable’s eConsent experts.