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By testing multiple treatments within a single trial, platform trials can help identify the most effective treatments (and any interactions between treatments) for patients more quickly and with less burden for patients and their families. The aim of this qualitative research was to inform the design of the first adaptive platform trial for paediatric intensive care in the UK with young people, parents\/carers and paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) staff.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Qualitative semistructured focus group study. 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Findings provide insight into how the PICU platform trial should be designed and operationalised, including having a broad and inclusive population eligible for inclusion onto the platform trial, with different inclusion and exclusion criteria for each domain; starting the trial with no more than three domains and prioritising the outcomes of\n                      <jats:italic>Child quality of life<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Survival<\/jats:italic>\n                      (all participants). Optimal governance structure and suggestions about how any challenges to the success of the full trial can be overcome are also presented.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Young people, parents\/carers and PICU staff viewed the proposed PICU platform trial to be acceptable. 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