Engage intermediaries to aid accrual

Assure that plans to reach referring physicians are being executed

  • Check your Recruitment and Retention Plan and think about how well the ideas are being executed. How effectively is your team keeping referring physicians informed about your trial and its value? Letting them know about their patients’ progress is essential to good working relationships. Good experiences today benefit today’s and tomorrow’s trials.

Assure community outreach plans are being executed

  • Ask how well the community outreach ideas defined in your Recruitment and Retention Plan are being executed. How effectively are you working with partner organizations? Pay particular attention to whether your outreach efforts reflect the community’s diversity.

Generate advocate buy-in

  • Advocates who value your trial can be your greatest asset in reaching potential participants. Thus, it is important to share information and engage them early and often during the trial. Good relationships with advocates will benefit today's and tomorrow's trials.

Engage patient navigators

  • Patient navigators help patients negotiate the complex web of health care, which can be even more complex with trials. Their compassion and knowledge of the system can reduce fear and stress for patients. Their central goal is to find ways around barriers—which can greatly help patients and clinical research staff who are navigating the requirements for a trial. 

     

Literature and Tools (100)

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A randomized recruitment intervention trial in Parkinson's disease to increase participant diversity: early stopping for lack of efficacy.
Posted: Feb 22, 2013.
Tilley BC,Mainous AG 3rd,Elm JJ,Pickelsimer E,Soderstrom LH,Ford ME,Diaz VA,Siminoff LA,Burau K,Smith DW. Clin Trials. 2012 Apr. 9. 2. 188-97.
KEYWORDS: Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs, Logistics/Transportation, Underserved, Level of Clinical Trials Knowledge or Awareness, Staff Experience Level, Physician Champions, Provider-Patient Relationship, Attitudes, Minority Groups, Verbal Communications, Brochure or Flyer, Non-Cancer
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National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene trial: Advancing the science of recruitment and breast cancer risk assessment in minority communities.
Posted: Feb 13, 2013.
McCaskill-Stevens W,Wilson JW,Cook ED,Edwards CL,Gibson RV,McElwain DL,Figueroa-Moseley CD,Paskett ED,Roberson NL,Wickerham DL,Wolmark N. Clin Trials. 2013 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]
KEYWORDS: Language or Cultural Barriers, Staff Experience Level, Physician Champions, Women, Minority Groups, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Verbal Communications, Radio, TV, Web, Print Media, Brochure or Flyer, Letter, Cancer, Prevention
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Strategies to engage clinical staff in subject recruitment.
Posted: Dec 18, 2012.
Segre LS,Buckwalter KC,Friedemann ML. J Res Nurs. 2011 Jul 01. 16. 4. 321-32.
KEYWORDS: Level of Clinical Trials Knowledge or Awareness, Incentives, Attitudes, Institutional Issues
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Recruitment of ethnic minorities into cancer clinical trials: Experience from the front lines.
Posted: Dec 18, 2012.
Symonds RP,Lord K,Mitchell AJ,Raghavan D. Br J Cancer. 2012 Sep 25. 107. 7. 1017-21.
KEYWORDS: Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs, Language or Cultural Barriers, Underserved, Low Literacy, International, Regulatory Issues, Consent, Minority Groups, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Cancer
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Addressing challenges in cancer trials accrual: a look in the mirror.
Posted: Nov 01, 2012.
Michaels M. Appl Clin Trials Online. 2012 Oct 05. 6 pages.
KEYWORDS: Logistics/Transportation, Level of Clinical Trials Knowledge or Awareness, Staff Experience Level, Provider-Patient Relationship, Institutional Issues, Eligibility, Cancer

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