Consent and recruitment: the reporting of paediatric trials published in 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated 300 paediatric trials to determine: the consent and recruitment strategies used, who trial information was targeted to, how incentives were used and if they achieved their recruitment targets.

Methods

For this cross-sectional evaluation, we searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for paediatric trials published in 2012 and randomly selected 300 that reported on outcomes for participants aged ≤21 years. We collected data on consent and recruitment procedures for each trial and undertook descriptive analyses in SPSS statistics V.23.

Results

All but one trial (99.7%) used a standard recruitment strategy. Most (92%) trials reported that consent was obtained but only 13% reported who obtained consent. Two-thirds (65%) of trials i

SUBMITTER: Gates A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267313 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature