Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research.

2003 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research have been reviewed.

"This article reviews recruitment and retention issues in a multisite, multistate (California, New York, Connecticut, Georgia, Alabama) 6-month prospective cross-sectional study focused on quality of life among 230 women with lung cancer," researchers in the United States report.

"Recruitment of women into clinical trials and their retention are important, yet understudied. To date, few articles have described the challenges associated with recruiting women with lung cancer to participate in clinical research," wrote M.E. …