Impact of a deferred recruitment model in a randomised controlled trial in primary care (CREAM study)

Abstract Background Recruitment of participants is particularly challenging in primary care, with less than a third of randomised controlled trials (RCT) achieving their target within the original time frame. Participant identification, consent, randomisation and data collection can all be time-cons...

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Main Authors: Victoria Shepherd, Emma Thomas-Jones, Matthew J. Ridd, Kerenza Hood, Katy Addison, Nick A. Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2284-x