Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients — COFRASAanc  

Recruitment Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients' Recruitment

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Recruitment

• NCT number: NCT00674037
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2006
• Completion date: September 2011