Recruitment of patients with de novo Parkinson disease: successful strategies in a randomized exercise clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recruitment of sufficient patients with Parkinson disease into clinical trials is a barrier to successful, timely study completion. Non-pharmacologic studies have shown to be even more challenging for recruitment, despite some studies focusing on de novo Parkinson disease populations. This paper describes successful recruitment techniques from a randomized exercise clinical trial in Parkinson disease.

Methods

Several recruitment strategies were used to enroll de novo patients with Parkinson disease into a year-long clinical trial. Strategies focused on infrastructure included fast-track clinic scheduling, weekly research meetings, an established clinical repository, real-time clinic recruitment, and outreach to the community. The nature of the study facilitated

SUBMITTER: Hall DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237042 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature