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Prediction of RECRUITment In randomized clinical Trials (RECRUIT-IT)-rationale and design for an international collaborative study.

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Poor recruitment of patients is the predominant reason for early termination of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Systematic empirical investigations and validation studies of existing recruitment models, however, are lacking. We aim to provide evidence-based guidance on how to predict and monitor recruitment of patients into RCTs. Our specific objectives are the following: (1) to establish a large sample of RCTs (target n = 300) with individual patient recruitment data from a...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s13063-020-04666-8

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0000-0003-0110-8585
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Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
Trials Journal website
Volume:
21
Issue:
1
Article number:
731
Publication date:
2020-08-21
Acceptance date:
2020-08-09
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EISSN:
1745-6215
Pmid:
32825846
Language:
English
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1127912
Local pid:
pubs:1127912
Deposit date:
2020-09-07

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