Finucane, ElaineO'Brien, AnnTreweek, ShaunNewell, JohnDas, KishorChapman, SarahWicks, PaulGalvin, SandraHealy, PatriciaBiesty, LindaGillies, KatieNoel-Storr, AnnaGardner, HeidiO'Reilly, Mary FrancesDevane, Declan2022-03-112022-03-112022-03-09Finucane, E, O'Brien, A, Treweek, S, Newell, J, Das, K, Chapman, S, Wicks, P, Galvin, S, Healy, P, Biesty, L, Gillies, K, Noel-Storr, A, Gardner, H, O'Reilly, M F & Devane, D 2022, 'The People's Trial : supporting the public's understanding of randomised trials', Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05984-11745-6215ORCID: /0000-0001-7890-2854/work/109934289ORCID: /0000-0002-7239-7241/work/186968523https://hdl.handle.net/2164/18203Acknowledgements The People’s Trial team members acknowledge with gratitude the study participants. We would also like to acknowledge and thank Simone Lepage, Aoife O’Shaughnessy, and Louise Foley for their support with the research project. We would also like to thank Rob & Paul Digital Design™, Galway, Ireland. In addition, we would like to thank Marina Zaki for her support of The People’s Trial, in particular her expertise in promoting The People’s Trial through social media channels. Funding This research was funded by the Health Research Board in Ireland, through the Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network as part of a Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Scheme Award (grant reference KEDS-2018-012) 2018. The funder of the study had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit.121062515engRandomised trialPublic engagementOnlineMethodologyR MedicineRJournal article10.1186/s13063-021-05984-1231