title: [Group meetings for patient recruitment in clinical trial in pediatrics].
abstract: Recruitment of patients in a clinical trial is often difficult and probably more difficult in pediatrics where parents are asked to give the informed consent. In order to recruit infants in a randomized clinical trial we organized group meetings with families (4 to 40 at a time) in order to describe the study procedures: random allocation to treatment or placebo and double blind assessment, and ask them to allow their child to participate. All meetings were conducted by both a pediatrician and a RCT specialist. Parents asked questions about the effects of the drug, the evaluation process and the follow-up procedures. Forty nine % of all eligible infants participated in the study. The success rate was related to franc and open communication with the family, provided by highly qualified physicians.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Pharmacologie Clinique, Lyon.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Floret
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cochat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cogan-Collet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dauvergne
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Réunions collectives pour le recrutement des patients dans un essai thérapeutique en pédiatrie.