Recruitment effort and costs from a multi-center randomized controlled trial for treating depression in type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Participant recruitment for clinical trials is a significant challenge for the scientific research community. Federal funding agencies have made continuation of funding of clinical trials contingent on meeting recruitment targets. It is incumbent on investigators to carefully set study recruitment timelines and resource needs to meet those goals as required under current funding mechanisms. This paper highlights the cost, labor, and barriers to recruitment for Program ACTVE II, a successful multisite randomized controlled trial of behavioral treatments for depression in adults with type 2 diabetes, conducted in rural and urban settings in three states. METHODS:Quantitative and qualitative data on recruitment were gathered from study staff throughout the study recruitment period

SUBMITTER: Myers BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836437 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature