Exploring obstacles to critical care trials in the UK: A qualitative investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical trials in critical care are often resource-intense, with many unique challenges. Barriers to effective recruitment and implementation of study intervention have not been explored in a UK context.

Aim

To identify facilitating factors and barriers to enrolling patients into critical care clinical trials within the UK from clinician's perspectives.

Methods

A qualitative interview study was undertaken on behalf of the National Institute of Health Research critical care specialty group, in which research active clinicians across different Clinical Research Networks were interviewed. A loosely structured interview schedule was used, based on themes generated from the literature associated with accessing critical care trials. Research teams (critical care

SUBMITTER: Pattison N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606357 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature