This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (qualitative). The objectives are as follows:
1. To identify and synthesise barriers and facilitators of successful community engagement in infectious disease clinical trials (e.g. HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria) in low- and middle-income countries; and
2. To identify and synthesise strategies for engaging community stakeholders in infectious disease clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries.
This is a protocol.