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- Title
Recruitment of participants to a clinical trial of botanical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Authors
Lee, Jeannette Y; Foster, Harris E, Jr; McVary, Kevin T; Meleth, Sreelatha; Stavris, Karen; Downey, Joe; Kusek, John W
- Abstract
The timely recruitment of study participants is a critical component of successful trials. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common nonmalignant urologic condition among older men, is characterized by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Successful recruitment methods for a trial of medical therapy for BPH, Medical Therapy of Prostate Symptoms (MTOPS), were mass mailing and advertising. The Complementary and Alternative Medicines Trial for Urological Symptoms (CAMUS) was designed to evaluate a botanical therapy, saw palmetto, for the treatment of BPH. The objective of this study was to evaluate recruitment strategies for CAMUS and to contrast the baseline characteristics of CAMUS participants with those recruited to a similar trial using conventional medical therapy.
- Publication
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2011, Vol 17, Issue 5, p469
- ISSN
1557-7708
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/acm.2010.0300