Barriers and facilitators to the participation of subjects in clinical trials: An overview of reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The demand for clinical trial participants is today one of the highest it has ever been and continues to increase. At the same time, subject recruitment continues to be problematic and the major reason for clinical trial premature terminations. The literature on clinical trial recruitment, which spans several decades and includes hundreds of studies, has an abundance of findings that can be synthesized by way of an overview to provide a well-informed and complete picture of the factors that determine subject participation.

Objectives

An overview of the systematic reviews that report barriers and facilitators to clinical trial participation was conducted. The extracted data were synthesized, and a thematic framework of the factors that affect subject participation

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Torres E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8358641 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature