Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients
- Conditions
- Recruitment
- 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
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
- Physicians participating in the COFRASA cohort study
- informed consent
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- 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
Groupe hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard🇫🇷Paris, France