Recruitment techniques for alcohol pharmacotherapy clinical trials: A cost-benefit analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) represent a large public health burden with relatively few efficacious pharmacotherapies. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for new AUD therapies can be hampered by ineffective recruitment, leading to increased trial costs. The current analyses examined the effectiveness of recruitment efforts during two consecutive outpatient RCTs of novel AUD pharmacotherapies conducted between 2009 and 2012.

Methods

During an initial phone screen, participants identified an ad source for learning about the study. Qualified persons were then scheduled for in-person screens. The present analyses examined demographic differences amongst the eight ad sources utilized. Recruitment effectiveness was determined by dividing the number of persons meeting c

SUBMITTER: Tompkins DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704795 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature