Doctors in regional and remote areas are actually better at signing up older patients for medical research studies than doctors in big cities. This suggests that smaller, less crowded clinics might have easier ways to connect with and enroll participants for large health studies.

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Recruiting general practice patients for large clinical trials: lessons from the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2019 Mar

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Recruiting general practice patients for large clinical trials: lessons from the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study

Score: 62

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.12060

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Does geographic location affect clinical trial recruitment success in general practice?

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Regarding 'Does geographic location affect clinical trial recruitment success in general practice?': The available evidence leans toward this being likely, but more research is needed for certainty. The FitBodyScience database has analyzed 1 claim(s) related to this question: 62.0 support, 0 refute.

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