Open AccessEffect of a Clinical Trial Alert System on Physician Participation in Trial Recruitment
Author(s) -
Peter J. Embí,
Anil K. Jain,
Jeffrey L. Clark,
Susan Bizjack,
Richard Hornung,
C. Martin Harris
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2272
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , referral , confidence interval , patient recruitment , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , rate ratio , family medicine , emergency medicine , nursing
Failure to recruit a sufficient number of eligible subjects in a timely manner represents a major impediment to the success of clinical trials. Physician participation is vital to trial recruitment but is often limited.