Comparison of Recruitment Efforts Targeted at Primary Care Physicians Versus the Community at Large for Participation in Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trials

Inefficient and delayed recruitment into clinical trials in Alzheimer disease are major obstacles impeding progress in the discovery of more effective therapeutic strategies to combat this disease. Despite widespread recognition of this problem, limited empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness...

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Veröffentlicht in:Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2010-04, Vol.24 (2), p.165-170
Hauptverfasser: CARR, Sarah A, DAVIS, Roberta, JICHA, Gregory A, SPENCER, Diane, SMART, Marie, HUDSON, Joanna, FREEMAN, Stephanie, COOPER, Greg E, SCHMITT, Fred A, MARKESBERY, William R, DANNER, Deborah
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Zusammenfassung:Inefficient and delayed recruitment into clinical trials in Alzheimer disease are major obstacles impeding progress in the discovery of more effective therapeutic strategies to combat this disease. Despite widespread recognition of this problem, limited empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness of specific recruitment strategies are available to guide recruitment endeavors. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment efforts targeting either the primary care health professionals (PCPs) or patients and families with a community grass-roots outreach event. The primary outcome measure was actual study recruitment and participation in the 4 months postintervention. No research subjects were recruited from the PCP intervention, whereas 69 subjects were recruited into clinical studies from the community grass-roots outreach event activity (0% vs. 28%, P
ISSN:0893-0341
1546-4156
DOI:10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181aba927