If doctors wait too long to start recruiting patients for a study, they end up signing up far fewer people overall. Getting started quickly and staying on top of follow-ups is key to keeping recruitment on track.

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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 delaying the start of patient recruitment reduce the total number of participants enrolled in clinical trials?

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Regarding 'Does delaying the start of patient recruitment reduce the total number of participants enrolled in clinical trials?': 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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