The campaign for 2020 was, like most things, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the campaign launched in two phases:
- Around International Clinical Trials Day in May (as is usual)
- On Nov 30th 2020
The outputs of both campaign phases are contained on this page. They include research, a petition, a patient videos, the most recent press release, and a two-page highlights document that captures all of the key findings from the public attitudes research.
The petition element of this year’s campaign was created in consultation with members of the research community from a range of patient organisations, including the Irish Cancer Society. Cancer Trials Ireland would also like to thank HRB-CRDI and the Health Research Charities of Ireland (HRCI) for supporting the campaign online. In two weeks, the petition gathered more than 500 signatures from people working in, or affected by, health research.
The Just Ask campaigns are supported by unrestricted grants from Industry. Just Ask 2020 is supported by Pfizer Healthcare Ireland; Novartis; AbbVie; MSD; Roche; Bayer.