Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients' Recruitment
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Terminated
- Enrollment
- 170
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- number of patient included
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Physicians participating in the COFRASA cohort study
- •informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
inclusion with financial motivation
75 euros for each patient included
Intervention: monetary incentive (Other)
no incentive
no incentive
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
number of patient included
Time Frame: 3 months
Secondary Outcomes
- number of patient included(6 month)