Revitalising cancer clinical trials: definitely time for patient-centred reform

Work is ongoing to recover UK clinical research capacity and capabililty post COVID-19 pandemic (https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/thefutureofukclinicalresearch/home), but many of the barriers investigators faced pre-pandemic persist. Taking a more patient-centred approach to reform may help apply lessons learned during the pandemic and facilitate ‘building back better’.