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Lookup NU author(s): Professor David Neal, Dr Edgar Paez-Gueyraud
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© 2019 The Authors. Objectives: Recruitment to pragmatic trials is often difficult, and little is known about factors associated with key participation and treatment decisions. These were explored in the Prostate cancer testing and Treatment (ProtecT) study. Study Design and Setting: Baseline sociodemographic, patient-reported outcome, clinical history, and prostate cancer biopsy data were collected for all patients eligible to take part in the ProtecT trial, in a comprehensive cohort design. Men who rejected randomization specified a preferred option and were followed up identically to the randomized cohort. Factors associated with participation decisions, patient preferences, and reasons for changing treatment were explored. Results: Of 2,664 men with clinically localized prostate cancer, 997 (37%) rejected randomization. Their treatment preferences and subsequent treatment choices/changes in both randomized and treatment choice cohorts were strongly associated with prostate cancer risk features: toward active monitoring for low-risk disease and toward radical options with higher risk prostate cancer. Among many factors measured, only a small number of weak associations were found for occupation groups and some patient symptoms. Similar percentages changed from the random allocation and initially stated preference. Conclusion: The comprehensive cohort design provided new insights into trial recruitment and participation decisions. Opportunities to improve recruitment by supporting recruiters with equipoise and patient preferences were identified.
Author(s): Donovan JL, Opmeer B, Young GJ, Mills N, Martin RM, Lane JA, Metcalfe C, Peters TJ, Davis M, Turner EL, Walsh E, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Holding P, Mason M, Catto JWF, Rosario DJ, Staffurth J, Kynaston H, Hughes O, Bollina P, Doherty A, Gnanapragasam V, Kockelbergh R, Paul A, Paez E, Gillatt D, Rowe E, Oxley J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Year: 2019
Volume: 113
Pages: 200-213
Print publication date: 01/09/2019
Online publication date: 03/06/2019
Acceptance date: 29/05/2019
Date deposited: 08/07/2019
ISSN (print): 0895-4356
ISSN (electronic): 1878-5921
Publisher: Elsevier USA
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.05.036
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.05.036
PubMed id: 31170515
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