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| Sponsored by: |
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
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| Information provided by: | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00674037 |
Purpose
Patients' recruitment is difficult in clinical trial. Financial incentives are frequently proposed to clinicians in private funded trials. However, the effect of these financial incentives has never been evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of financial incentive on the rate of recruitment of patients in a cohort study.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Patient Recruitment |
Other: monetary incentive |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Official Title: | Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients' Recruitment |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 270 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2008 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2009 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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1: Experimental
75 euros for each patient included
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Other: monetary incentive
75 euros for each patient included
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2: No Intervention
no incentive
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Context: Patients' recruitment is difficult in clinical trials. Financial incentives are frequently proposed to clinicians in private funded trials. However, the effect of these financial incentives has never been evaluated.
Objective: to evaluate the effect of financial incentive on the rate of recruitment of patients in a cohort study.
Design: randomized controlled trial Setting: primary care Participants: physicians (GP and cardiologists) participating in the recruitment of patients in a cohort study (the COFRASA study). The COFRASA cohort study is including aortic stenosis aging patient.
Intervention:75 euros for each patient included Main outcome: percentage of physician including at least one patient at 3 months Secondary outcome: mean number of patients included at 6 months. Sample size 270 physicians
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Isabelle BOUTRON, Dr | +33 (0)1 40 25 79 43 | isabelle.boutron@bch.aphp.fr |
| France | |
| Groupe hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard | Recruiting |
| Paris, France, 75018 | |
| Contact: Boutron Isabelle, Dr 01 40 25 79 43 ext 33 (0) isabelle.boutron@bch.aphp.fr | |
| Principal Investigator: | Isabelle BOUTRON, MD | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
More Information
| Responsible Party: | Hospital BICHAT ( Isabelle BOUTRON ) |
| Study ID Numbers: | P051042 |
| Study First Received: | April 9, 2008 |
| Last Updated: | May 26, 2008 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00674037 |
| Health Authority: | France: Ministry of Health |
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recruitment physicians participating in the recruitment of patients |
