ArticleBritish journal of cancer2011
Clinicians' attitudes towards clinical trials of cancer therapy.
Article in British journal of cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05865964 (Evaluation of Anthropological, Socio-cultural and Psychological Factors of Surgeons Practising in Oncology Which Condition Brakes in the Evaluation of Surgical Innovations), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers.
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Evaluation of Anthropological, Socio-cultural and Psychological Factors of Surgeons Practising in Oncology Which Condition Brakes in the Evaluation of Surgical Innovations
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- Predicting enrollment performance of investigational centers in phase III multi-center clinical trials.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
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- A Qualitative Study of Motivations for Minority Recruitment in Cancer Clinical Trials Across Five NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- Health professionals' opinions on supporting a cancer biobank: identification of barriers to combat biobanking pitfalls.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2016Review
- Culturally Competent Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of African American Populations into Clinical Trials.Clinical and translational science · 2015Article
- Exploring research participation among cancer patients: analysis of a national survey and an in-depth interview study.BMC cancer · 2015Article
- The future of trials in surgical oncology.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2015Review
- Barriers and opportunities for enhancing patient recruitment and retention in clinical research: findings from an interview study in an NHS academic health science centre.Health research policy and systems · 2015Article
- The impact of socioeconomic status on access to cancer clinical trials.British journal of cancer · 2014Review
- Researchers' and clinicians' perceptions of recruiting participants to clinical research: a thematic meta-synthesis.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2014Article
- Promoting Factors and Barriers to Participation in Early Phase Clinical Trials: Patients Perspectives.Journal of community medicine & health education · 2014Article
- Effect of medical oncologists' attitudes on accrual to clinical trials in a community setting.Journal of oncology practice · 2013Article
- Screening intervention to identify eligible patients and improve accrual to phase II-IV oncology clinical trials.Journal of oncology practice · 2013Article
- Drivers and barriers to patient participation in RCTs.British journal of cancer · 2013Article
- Barriers to recruitment for surgical trials in head and neck oncology: a survey of trial investigators.BMJ open · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient accrual into cancer clinical trials remains at low levels. This survey elicited attitudes and practices of cancer clinicians towards clinical trials.
methodThe 43-item Clinicians Attitudes to Clinical Trials Questionnaire was completed by participants in an intervention study aimed at improving multi-disciplinary involvement in randomised trials. Responses from 13 items were summed to form a research-orientation score.
resultsEighty-seven clinicians (78%) returned questionnaires. Physicians, more often than surgeons, chose to prioritise prolonging a patient's life, recruited ≥50% of patients into trials and attended more research-focussed conferences. Clinicians at specialist centres were more positive about trials with no-treatment arms than those at district general hospitals, more likely to believe clinician, rather than patient reluctance to participate was the greater obstacle to trial accrual, and preferred national and international to local recognition. Clinicians belonging to breast and colorectal teams were less disappointed about not enrolling patients in trials and more accepting of no-treatment arm trials. Research orientation was higher in physicians than surgeons and higher in specialist centres than district hospitals.
conclusionsThis study provides greater understanding of clinicians' attitudes to trials. Results have been used to inform training interventions for clinicians targeting the problem of low and selective accrual.
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