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Article History

Received: 27 January 2025

Accepted: 3 June 2025

First Online: 17 June 2025

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: JB: Nonfinancial: Advocates for patient involvement in medical research and therapeutic development; financial: Is a paid clinical trials and patient partnership consultant with patient, academic, and industry clients. CAP: Nonfinancial: an early career clinician researcher who also works with a non-profit organization that focuses on community-based research with 2 S/LGBTQQIA+ communities. DPR makes her living helping people and organizations with patient engagement initiatives. She is a full-time employee of Five02 Labs, Inc., and is under contract to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis to support its patient engagement efforts. AH works in a paid capacity with public institutions and non-profit organizations in the healthcare field consulting on digital health equity and disability justice. Is a patient advocate focused on knowledge mobilization and implementation science in the chronic pain space. KLW: Nonfinancial: Advocates for patient involvement in medicines development; financial: Is a paid patient partnership consultant for patient, academic, and industry clients. ACT: Nonfinancial: a salaried researcher who advocates for patient engagement. EW: Nonfinancial: a research trainee who also works in both volunteer and paid capacity for a non-profit organizations that aim to improve the lives of patients living with arthritis. LCL: Nonfinancial: works as a researcher and serves as a research ally to people with lived experience in health research and knowledge mobilization. All patient authors were offered an honorarium for their contributions and expertise by LCL.