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- Title
Using Implementation Science-Guided Pilot Studies to Assess and Improve the Informativeness of Clinical Trials.
- Authors
Taylor, Stephanie Parks; Kowalkowski, Marc A.
- Abstract
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for generating evidence on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions. Table 1 includes examples of how pre-RCT pilot study findings might be used to inform a future RCT. Report pilot study results including qualitative and quantitative findings Pre-RCT pilot studies can be reported as implementation science works, using explicitly defined a priori objectives, rigorous scientific processes, and systematic documentation of the results and subsequent adaptations to the planned RCT.
- Subjects
PILOT projects; CLINICAL trials; CLINICAL trials monitoring
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 2, p533
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-020-06220-3