Adwoa Parker, Catherine Arundel, Laura Clark, Elizabeth Coleman, Laura Doherty, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt, David Beard, Peter Bower, Cindy Cooper, Lucy Culliford, Declan Devane, Richard Emsley, Sandra Eldridge, Sandra Galvin, Katie Gillies, Alan Montgomery, Christopher J Sutton, Shaun Treweek, David J Torgerson
BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials ('trials') are susceptible to poor participant recruitment and retention. Studies Within A Trial are the strongest methods for testing the effectiveness of strategies to improve recruitment and retention. However, relatively few of these have been conducted. OBJECTIVES: PROMoting THE Use of Studies Within A Trial aimed to facilitate at least 25 Studies Within A Trial evaluating recruitment or retention strategies. We share our experience of delivering the PROMoting THE Use of Studies Within A Trial programme, and the lessons learnt for undertaking randomised Studies Within A Trial...
January 2024: Health Technology Assessment: HTA