The Impact of Extended-Hours Patient Recruitment on Critical Care Clinical Trial Enrollment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patient recruitment is a critical factor in running successful and timely clinical trials in the critical care field where the timing of presentation of patients is difficult to predict and the study interventions are often time sensitive.

Objectives

The goal of this study was to analyze the timing of patient enrollments from previous clinical trials to identify patterns and assess the impact of providing extended-hours coverage on patient enrollment.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cohort study at a tertiary academic hospital in the United States between 2016 and 2024 on patients who were enrolled in five recent critical care clinical trials.

Main outcomes and measures

We reviewed the patient enrollment data. We quantified

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949290 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature