Imperial College London
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Professor Julian Teare

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Emeritus Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3312 1072j.teare

 
 
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Location

 

CL3 026St Marys Multiple BuildingsSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Ruban:2019:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032439,
author = {Ruban, A and Prechtl, C and Glaysher, M and Chhina, N and Al-Najim, W and Miras, A and smith, C and Goldstone, A and Patel, M and Moore, M and Ashrafian, H and Byrne, J and Teare, J},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032439},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Effectiveness of different recruitment strategies in an RCT of a surgical device:;Experience from the Endobarrier trial},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032439},
volume = {9},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recruiting participants into clinical trials is notoriously difficult and poses the greatest challenge when planning any investigative study. Poor recruitment may not only have financial ramifications owing to increased time and resources being spent but could adversely influence the clinical impact of a study if it becomes underpowered. Herein we present our own experience of recruiting into a nationally funded, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the Endobarrier vs. standard medical therapy in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Despite these both being highly prevalent conditions, there were considerable barriers to the effectiveness of different recruitment strategies across each study site. Although recruitment from primary care proved extremely successful at one study site, this largely failed at another site prompting the implementation of multimodal recruitment strategies including a successful media campaign to ensure sufficient participants were enrolled and the study was adequately powered. From this experience we propose where appropriate the early engagement and investment in media campaigns to enhance recruitment into clinical trials.
AU  - Ruban,A
AU  - Prechtl,C
AU  - Glaysher,M
AU  - Chhina,N
AU  - Al-Najim,W
AU  - Miras,A
AU  - smith,C
AU  - Goldstone,A
AU  - Patel,M
AU  - Moore,M
AU  - Ashrafian,H
AU  - Byrne,J
AU  - Teare,J
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032439
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2044-6055
TI  - Effectiveness of different recruitment strategies in an RCT of a surgical device:;Experience from the Endobarrier trial
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032439
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74626
VL  - 9
ER  -
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