Recruitment and retention of pregnant women into clinical research trials: An overview of challenges, facilitators, and best practices

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages S400-S407

  Frew, Paula M ^a,b   Saint Victor, Diane S ^a   Isaacs, Margaret Brewinski ^c   Kim, Sonnie ^d   Swamy, Geeta K ^e   Sheffield, Jeanne S ^f   Edwards, Kathryn M ^g   Villafana, Tonya ^h   Kamagate, Ouda ^a   Ault, Kevin ⁱ  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research trials; Pregnant women; Recruitment; Retention; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 84979862380     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu726     Document Type: Review

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