Equipoise in action: a qualitative investigation across six pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
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Background Research indicates that clinical recruiters often face conflict between their knowledge of clinical equipoise underpinning the RCT, and their instincts for/against eligible patients’ suitability for particular trial interventions. Little is known about whether or how equipoise is conveyed during recruitment practice. We investigated how equipoise was communicated by clinicians in recruitment consultations across six RCTs.
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The intellectual challenges and emotional consequences of equipoise contributed to the fragility of recruitment in six randomized controlled trials☆
OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate how doctors considered and experienced the concept of equipoise while recruiting patients to randomized controlled trials (RCTs). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING In-depth interviews with 32 doctors in six publicly funded pragmatic RCTs explored their perceptions of equipoise as they undertook RCT recruitment. The RCTs varied in size, duration, type o...
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