Barriers and Facilitating Factors for Conducting Systematic Evidence Assessments in Academic Clinical Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A systematic assessment of existing research should justify the conduct and inform the design of new clinical research but is often lacking. There is little research on the barriers to and factors facilitating systematic evidence assessments.

Objective

To examine the practices and attitudes of Swiss stakeholders and international funders regarding conducting systematic evidence assessments in academic clinical trials.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, individual semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted between February and August 2020 with 48 Swiss stakeholder groups (27 primary investigators, 9 funders and sponsors, 6 clinical trial support organizations, and 6 ethics committee members) and between January and March 2

SUBMITTER: McLennan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature