Experience With Direct-to-Patient Recruitment for Enrollment Into a Clinical Trial in a Rare Disease: A Web-Based Study.
Jeffrey P KrischerPeter F CronholmCristina M BurroughsCarol A McAlearRenee BorchinEbony EasleyTrocon DavisJoyce KullmanSimon CaretteNader A KhalidiCurry L KoeningCarol A LangfordPaul A MonachLarry W MorelandChristian PagnouxUlrich SpecksAntoine G SreihSteven R YtterbergPeter A Merkelnull nullPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2017)
PC recruitment was substantially less successful than that achieved by the CoE approach. However, the PC approach was good at confirming eligibility and was as acceptable to providers and as understandable to patients as the CoE approach. The PC approach should be evaluated in other clinical settings to get a better sense of its potential.