Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials

K Gillies, A Kearney, C Keenan… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Poor retention of participants in randomised trials can lead to missing outcome
data which can introduce bias and reduce study power, affecting the generalisability, validity …

Patient-centred clinical trial design

A Tong, N Scholes-Robertson, C Hawley… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Patient involvement in clinical trial design can facilitate the recruitment and retention of
participants as well as potentially increase the uptake of the tested intervention and the …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of age, sex, and morbidity count on trial attrition: meta-analysis of individual participant level data from phase 3/4 industry funded clinical trials

JS Lees, P Hanlon, EW Butterly, SH Wild, FS Mair… - BMJ …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Main outcome measures Association between comorbidity count (identified using medical
history or concomitant drug treatment data) and trial attrition (failure for any reason to …

Exploring non-retention in clinical trials: a meta-ethnographic synthesis of studies reporting participant reasons for drop out

ZC Skea, R Newlands, K Gillies - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To undertake a meta-ethnographic synthesis of findings from primary studies
reporting qualitative data that have explored participant-reported factors influencing non …

[HTML][HTML] Priority III: top 10 rapid review methodology research priorities identified using a James LIND alliance priority setting partnership

C Beecher, E Toomey, B Maeso, C Whiting… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives A rapid review is a form of evidence synthesis considered a resource-efficient
alternative to the conventional systematic review. Despite a dramatic rise in the number of …

Sharing space at the research table: exploring public and patient involvement in a methodology priority setting partnership

NN Burke, D Stewart, T Tierney, A Worrall… - Research Involvement …, 2023 - Springer
Background Public and patient involvement aims to improve research quality, relevance,
and appropriateness. Despite an increasing evidence base on the influence of public …

Recruitment of patients, carers and members of the public to advisory boards, groups and panels in public and patient involved health research: a scoping review

M Gilfoyle, C Melro, E Koskinas, J Salsberg - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The objectives of this scoping review are to:(1) identify the distribution of and
context of the recruitment strategies used,(2) explore the facilitators, benefits, barriers and …

Trial Forge Guidance 2: how to decide if a further Study Within A Trial (SWAT) is needed

S Treweek, S Bevan, P Bower, M Briel, M Campbell… - Trials, 2020 - Springer
The evidence base available to trialists to support trial process decisions—eg how best to
recruit and retain participants, how to collect data or how to share the results with …

Why trials lose participants: a multitrial investigation of participants' perspectives using the theoretical domains framework

R Newlands, E Duncan, J Presseau, S Treweek… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives To use the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify barriers
and enablers to participant retention in trials requiring questionnaire return and/or …

Recruitment and retention in clinical trials in chronic kidney disease: report from national workshops with patients, caregivers and health professionals

P Natale, T Gutman, M Howell, K Dansie… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Slow recruitment and poor retention jeopardize the reliability and statistical
power of clinical trials, delaying access to effective interventions and increasing costs, as …