Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Recruitment
• Interventions: Other: monetary incentive

• Registration Number: NCT00674037
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

Patients' recruitment is difficult in clinical trial. Financial incentives are frequently proposed to clinicians in private funded trials. However, the effect of these financial incentives has never been evaluated.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of financial incentive on the rate of recruitment of patients in a cohort study.

Detailed Description

Context: Patients' recruitment is difficult in clinical trials. Financial incentives are frequently proposed to clinicians in private funded trials. However, the effect of these financial incentives has never been evaluated.

Objective: to evaluate the effect of financial incentive on the rate of recruitment of patients in a cohort study.

Design: randomized controlled trial Setting: primary care Participants: physicians (GP and cardiologists) participating in the recruitment of patients in a cohort study (the COFRASA study). The COFRASA cohort study is including aortic stenosis aging patient.

Intervention:75 euros for each patient included Main outcome: percentage of physician including at least one patient at 3 months Secondary outcome: mean number of patients included at 6 months. Sample size 270 physicians

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09
• Study First Submitted: 2008-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2008-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2011-09
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2014-11-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians participating in the COFRASA cohort study
• informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
inclusion with financial motivation	monetary incentive	75 euros for each patient included

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of patient included	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of patient included	6 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Groupe hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard; 🇫🇷 Paris, France