Patient Experience Data
PED Hub
Ray summary vs. Plain language summary
Lay Summary vs. Plain Language Summary
Public summary of clinical trial results under European regulatory frameworks
Used in awareness and education by PPI JAPAN➡️
This is used in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare notification "Regarding the Handling of Information Provision Related to Clinical Trials, etc." (Medical and Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau Notification No. 0330-1, March 30, 2026).
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Summary of the content of academic papers and conference presentations, such as clinical trials, for non-experts and the general public.
Publicly available guidance documents
Available Guidance Documents
Reference materials
References
European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety. Good Lay Summary Practice (GLSP). [internet] 4 October 2021 [cited 2025 Aug 1]. Available from https://health.ec.europa.eu/latest-updates/good-lay-summary-practice-guidance-2021-10-04_en
PPI JAPAN Lay Summary Working Group. Guide to preparing lay summaries . [Internet] Tokyo; PPI Japan. October 2023. [Accessed February 1, 2025]. Available from https://www.ppijapan.org/lay_summary
Patient Focused Medicines Development. How-To Guide for Patient Engagement: Plain language summaries (PLS) of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations: practical 'How-To' Guide for multi-stakeholder co-creation . [Internet] 2022 [cited 2025 Feb 1]. Available from : https://pemsuite.org/how-to-guides/