Consecutive screening and enrollment in clinical trials: The way to representative patient samples?
✍ Scribed by Mette Bjørn; Connie Brendstrup; Sven Karlsen; Jan E. Carlsen
- Book ID
- 119589226
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8414
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A prerequisite for the completion of a clinical trial is the accrual of adequate numbers of patients. It is estimated that over 90-95% of all cancer patients are now treated in their local communities by practicing oncologists and are not seen by primary investigators at teaching hospitals. One risk
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The literature continues to report low rates of accrual to cancer clinical trials. Previous studies have examined principally physician‐related or patient‐related barriers. Clinical research associates (CRAs) have a unique perspective on enrollment that has been explored