Efficacy of Monetary Incentives for Primary Care Physicians on Patients

Recruitment Clinical Trial

— COFRASAanc  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00674037
• Other study ID #: P051042
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 9, 2008
• Last updated: October 31, 2014
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: September 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

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.

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 information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 170
• Est. completion date: September 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians participating in the COFRASA cohort study

• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Recruitment

Intervention

Other:
• monetary incentive
75 euros for each patient included

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Groupe hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard	Paris

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of patient included		3 months	No
Secondary	number of patient included		6 month	No