Abstract 224: Why Do Patients Decline to Participate in Heart Failure Trials? [Session Title: Poster Session PM]

Conclusion: Slow participant enrollment in clinical trials threatens our ability to produce timely data necessary to guide clinical practice, while increasing cost of conducting them. The most common suggestion to improve participation made by patients who declined enrollment in a clinical trial was engaging physicians known to the patient in the process of recruitment while making participation less burdensome. Accordingly, educating potential participants regarding clinical trials, clarifying study risks and benefits with incorporation of design features that reduce burden such as frequency of invasive testing and follow-up visits can help increase participation rates.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Session Title: Poster Session PM Source Type: research