Clinical trial participant information leaflets overstate the harms/risks of participation and understate the benefits

• Rafaela Carapeto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Trials Research and Methodologies Unit, HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Health Service Executive, Cork, Ireland

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• Andrew Willis,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Trials Research and Methodologies Unit, HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Frances Shiely

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: f.shiely@ucc.ie

  Affiliations Trials Research and Methodologies Unit, HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0969-8321

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