Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recruitment to clinical research studies in rheumatology

Affiliations

• ¹ Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
• ² Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
• ³ Research into Inflammatory Arthritis Centre (RACE), Versus Arthritis, UK.
• ⁴ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁵ Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁶ Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁷ Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• ⁸ NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁹ Translational and Clinical Research Institute and Musculoskeletal Unit, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ¹⁰ MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.