Comparison of randomized controlled trials discontinued or revised for poor recruitment and completed trials with the same research question: a matched qualitative study

Comparison of randomized controlled trials discontinued or revised for poor recruitment and completed trials with the same research question: a matched qualitative study

Abstract Background More than a quarter of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are prematurely discontinued, mostly due to poor recruitment of patients. In this study, we systematically compared RCTs discontinued or revised for poor recruitment and completed RCTs with the same underlying research qu...

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Main Authors: Matthias Briel, Benjamin Speich, Erik von Elm, Viktoria Gloy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
randomized controlled trials
early termination of clinical trials
poor recruitment
systematic reviews
qualitative analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3957-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3957-4

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