Patient recruitment: US perspective.
There are many ethical, legal, economic, scientific, and practical problems associated with conducting drug trials in children. The single most difficult is subject identification and enrollment (ie, recruitment). This article reviews various aspects of the recruitment process and proposes potential solutions to recruitment problems.
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Division of Pharmacology/Toxicology, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.
D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018579:Patient Selection; D010372:Pediatrics; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration