Recruitment of the elderly into a pharmacologic prevention trial: The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study experience

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-553

  Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^a   Fried, Linda P ^b   Williamson, Jeff ^c   Crowley, Patricia ^d   Posey, Delilah ^c   Kwong, Linly ^e   Bonk, Janet ^f   Moyer, Roberta ^f   Chabot, Joyce ^d   Kidoguchi, Lara ^a   Furberg, Curt D ^c   DeKosky, Steven T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Clinical trial; Dementia; Elderly; Ginkgo biloba; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVENTION STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 33750302960     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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