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Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study

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Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study. / Maxwell, Amy E.; MacLeod, Mary Joan; Joyson, Anu et al.
In: Trials, Vol. 18, No. 1, 162, 05.04.2017.

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Maxwell, AE, MacLeod, MJ, Joyson, A, Johnson, S, Ramadan, H, Bellfield, R, Byrne, A, McGhee, C, Rudd, A, Price, F, Vasileiadis, E, Holden, M, Hewitt, J, Carpenter, M, Needle, A, Valentine, S, Patel, F, Harrington, F, Mudd, P, Emsley, H, Gregary, B, Kane, I, Muir, K, Tiwari, D, Owusu-Agyei, P, Temple, N, Sekaran, L, Ragab, S, England, T, Hedstrom, A, Jones, P, Jones, S, Doherty, M, McCarron, MO, Cohen, DL, Tysoe, S & Al-Shahi Salman, R 2017, 'Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study', Trials, vol. 18, no. 1, 162. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1909-4

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Maxwell, A. E., MacLeod, M. J., Joyson, A., Johnson, S., Ramadan, H., Bellfield, R., Byrne, A., McGhee, C., Rudd, A., Price, F., Vasileiadis, E., Holden, M., Hewitt, J., Carpenter, M., Needle, A., Valentine, S., Patel, F., Harrington, F., Mudd, P., ... Al-Shahi Salman, R. (2017). Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study. Trials, 18(1), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1909-4

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Maxwell AE, MacLeod MJ, Joyson A, Johnson S, Ramadan H, Bellfield R et al. Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study. Trials. 2017 Apr 5;18(1):162. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1909-4

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Maxwell, Amy E. ; MacLeod, Mary Joan ; Joyson, Anu et al. / Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage : observational study. In: Trials. 2017 ; Vol. 18, No. 1.

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title = "Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study",
abstract = "BackgroundRecruitment to randomised prevention trials is challenging, not least for intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) associated with antithrombotic drug use. We investigated reasons for not recruiting apparently eligible patients at hospital sites that keep screening logs in the ongoing REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART), which seeks to determine whether to start antiplatelet drugs after ICH.MethodBy the end of May 2015, 158 participants had been recruited at 108 active sites in RESTART. The trial coordinating centre invited all sites that kept screening logs to submit screening log data, followed by one reminder. We checked the integrity of data, focused on the completeness of data about potentially eligible patients and categorised the reasons they were not randomised.ResultsOf 108 active sites, 39 (36%) provided usable screening log data over a median of ten (interquartile range = 5–13) months of recruitment per site. During this time, sites screened 633 potentially eligible patients and randomised 53 (8%) of them. The main reasons why 580 patients were not randomised were: 43 (7%) patients started anticoagulation, 51 (9%) patients declined, 148 (26%) patients{\textquoteright} stroke physicians were not uncertain about using antiplatelet drugs, 162 (28%) patients were too unwell and 176 (30%) patients were not randomised due to other reasons.ConclusionRESTART recruited ~8% of eligible patients. If more physicians were uncertain about the therapeutic dilemma that RESTART is addressing, RESTART could have recruited up to four times as many participants. The trial coordinating centre continues to engage with physicians about their uncertainty.",
keywords = "Stroke, Intracerebral haemorrhage, Recruitment , Screening log",
author = "Maxwell, {Amy E.} and MacLeod, {Mary Joan} and Anu Joyson and Sharon Johnson and Hawraman Ramadan and Ruth Bellfield and Anthony Byrne and Caroline McGhee and Anthony Rudd and Fiona Price and Evangelos Vasileiadis and Melinda Holden and Jonathan Hewitt and Michael Carpenter and Ann Needle and Stacey Valentine and Farzana Patel and Frances Harrington and Paul Mudd and Hedley Emsley and Bindu Gregary and Ingrid Kane and Keith Muir and Divya Tiwari and Peter Owusu-Agyei and Natalie Temple and Lakshmanan Sekaran and Suzanne Ragab and Timothy England and Amanda Hedstrom and Phil Jones and Sarah Jones and Mandy Doherty and McCarron, {Mark O.} and Cohen, {David L.} and Sharon Tysoe and {Al-Shahi Salman}, Rustam",
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journal = "Trials",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage

T2 - observational study

AU - Maxwell, Amy E.

AU - MacLeod, Mary Joan

AU - Joyson, Anu

AU - Johnson, Sharon

AU - Ramadan, Hawraman

AU - Bellfield, Ruth

AU - Byrne, Anthony

AU - McGhee, Caroline

AU - Rudd, Anthony

AU - Price, Fiona

AU - Vasileiadis, Evangelos

AU - Holden, Melinda

AU - Hewitt, Jonathan

AU - Carpenter, Michael

AU - Needle, Ann

AU - Valentine, Stacey

AU - Patel, Farzana

AU - Harrington, Frances

AU - Mudd, Paul

AU - Emsley, Hedley

AU - Gregary, Bindu

AU - Kane, Ingrid

AU - Muir, Keith

AU - Tiwari, Divya

AU - Owusu-Agyei, Peter

AU - Temple, Natalie

AU - Sekaran, Lakshmanan

AU - Ragab, Suzanne

AU - England, Timothy

AU - Hedstrom, Amanda

AU - Jones, Phil

AU - Jones, Sarah

AU - Doherty, Mandy

AU - McCarron, Mark O.

AU - Cohen, David L.

AU - Tysoe, Sharon

AU - Al-Shahi Salman, Rustam

PY - 2017/4/5

Y1 - 2017/4/5

N2 - BackgroundRecruitment to randomised prevention trials is challenging, not least for intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) associated with antithrombotic drug use. We investigated reasons for not recruiting apparently eligible patients at hospital sites that keep screening logs in the ongoing REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART), which seeks to determine whether to start antiplatelet drugs after ICH.MethodBy the end of May 2015, 158 participants had been recruited at 108 active sites in RESTART. The trial coordinating centre invited all sites that kept screening logs to submit screening log data, followed by one reminder. We checked the integrity of data, focused on the completeness of data about potentially eligible patients and categorised the reasons they were not randomised.ResultsOf 108 active sites, 39 (36%) provided usable screening log data over a median of ten (interquartile range = 5–13) months of recruitment per site. During this time, sites screened 633 potentially eligible patients and randomised 53 (8%) of them. The main reasons why 580 patients were not randomised were: 43 (7%) patients started anticoagulation, 51 (9%) patients declined, 148 (26%) patients’ stroke physicians were not uncertain about using antiplatelet drugs, 162 (28%) patients were too unwell and 176 (30%) patients were not randomised due to other reasons.ConclusionRESTART recruited ~8% of eligible patients. If more physicians were uncertain about the therapeutic dilemma that RESTART is addressing, RESTART could have recruited up to four times as many participants. The trial coordinating centre continues to engage with physicians about their uncertainty.

AB - BackgroundRecruitment to randomised prevention trials is challenging, not least for intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) associated with antithrombotic drug use. We investigated reasons for not recruiting apparently eligible patients at hospital sites that keep screening logs in the ongoing REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART), which seeks to determine whether to start antiplatelet drugs after ICH.MethodBy the end of May 2015, 158 participants had been recruited at 108 active sites in RESTART. The trial coordinating centre invited all sites that kept screening logs to submit screening log data, followed by one reminder. We checked the integrity of data, focused on the completeness of data about potentially eligible patients and categorised the reasons they were not randomised.ResultsOf 108 active sites, 39 (36%) provided usable screening log data over a median of ten (interquartile range = 5–13) months of recruitment per site. During this time, sites screened 633 potentially eligible patients and randomised 53 (8%) of them. The main reasons why 580 patients were not randomised were: 43 (7%) patients started anticoagulation, 51 (9%) patients declined, 148 (26%) patients’ stroke physicians were not uncertain about using antiplatelet drugs, 162 (28%) patients were too unwell and 176 (30%) patients were not randomised due to other reasons.ConclusionRESTART recruited ~8% of eligible patients. If more physicians were uncertain about the therapeutic dilemma that RESTART is addressing, RESTART could have recruited up to four times as many participants. The trial coordinating centre continues to engage with physicians about their uncertainty.

KW - Stroke

KW - Intracerebral haemorrhage

KW - Recruitment

KW - Screening log

U2 - 10.1186/s13063-017-1909-4

DO - 10.1186/s13063-017-1909-4

M3 - Journal article

VL - 18

JO - Trials

JF - Trials

SN - 1745-6215

IS - 1

M1 - 162

ER -