Behavioral Economic Strategies to Improve Enrollment Rates in Clinical Research: Embedded Recruitment Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nearly 1 in 3 clinical trials end prematurely due to underenrollment. Strategies to enhance recruitment are often implemented without scientific rigor to evaluate efficacy. Evidence-based, cost-effective behavioral economic strategies designed to influence decision-making may be useful to promote clinical trial enrollment.

Objective

This study evaluated 2 behavioral economic strategies to improve enrollment and retention rates across 4 clinical trials: information provision (IP) and contingency management (CM; ie, lottery). IP targets descriptive and injunctive norms about participating in research and CM provides participants incentives to reinforce a target behavior.

Methods

A sample of 212 participants was enrolled across 4 clinical trials focused on tob

SUBMITTER: Greene B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403799 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature