The challenges and opportunities of conducting a clinical trial in a low resource setting: the case of the Cameroon mobile phone SMS (CAMPS) trial, an investigator initiated trial.

Journal article

Conducting clinical trials in developing countries often presents significant ethical, organisational, cultural and infrastructural challenges to researchers, pharmaceutical companies, sponsors and regulatory bodies. Globally, these regions are under-represented in research, yet this population stands to gain more from research in these settings as the burdens on health are greater than those in developed resourceful countries. However, developing countries also offer an attractive setting fo...

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Authors: Mbuagbaw, L; Thabane, L; Ongolo-Zogo, P; Lang, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Trials
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 145
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-145
• EISSN: 1745-6215
• ISSN: 1745-6215
• Language: English
• Keywords: Research Support as Topic; Medication Adherence; Informed Consent; Patient Selection; Attitude of Health Personnel; Health Resources; Cameroon; Compensation and Redress; Organizational Objectives; HIV Infections; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Developing Countries; Language; Clinical Competence; Cellular Phone; Cultural Characteristics; Communication Barriers; Humans; Socioeconomic Factors; Single-Blind Method