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Comparison Between a Standardized Questionnaire and Expert Clinicians for Capacity Assessment in Stroke Clinical Trials

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: R esearch into treatments for acute strokes has dramatically increased in the last decade.Accordingly, the need for testing through randomized clinical trials has also increased.Because of the unique combination of factors that are common in acute stroke-related research, including narrow treatment windows, ethical concerns regarding research with acute stroke populations, and capacity for informed consent, stroke clinical trial enrollment levels have remained stagnant.Given the devastating consequences of acute stroke, researchers are intensifying their efforts to recruit and enroll larger sample sizes in clinical trials.

Source: Stroke

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.006395