Clinical trial implementation and recruitment: Lessons learned from the early closure of a randomized clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-297

  Peters Lawrence, Marlene H ^a   Bell, Margaret C ^b   Hsu, Lewis L ^c   Osunkwo, Ifeyinwa ^d   Seaman, Phillip ^e   Blackwood, Miren ^f   Guillaume, Edouard ^f   Bellevue, Rita ^g   Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan ^h   Smith, Wally R ^i,j   Dampier, Carlton D ^k   Minniti, Caterina P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

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

^f INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical trial; Minority; Pain; Protocol development; Recruitment; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856218422     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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