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A14 Recruitment for a large-scale clinical study via the internet
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this website in an Astbma program. Twenty five patients were recruited over the Internet during a period of 45 days. Five were referred to clinical investigators in their respective geographic areas. Typical recruitment efforts for this type of protocol have yielded a screening: referral ratio of 16:1, at a cost of approximately $500 per patient. This internet recruitment ration was 51 at a cost of < $100 per patient. The efficiency and savings were significant. The Information Superhighway is being promoted by the media and utihied by an ever-increasing number of households. It provides the clinical trials industry with an additional medium of communications and interaction. Al4 RECRUITMENT FOR A LARGE-SCALE CLINICAL STUDY VIA THE INTERNET
K. Zadnik, M.A. Bullimore, J.T. Barr, M.O. Gordon and T.B. Edrington Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation in Keratoconus (CLEK) Study Universily of California, Berkeley, California University of Cali@omia, Davis, California The Ohio State Universily, Columbus, Ohio Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Southern Calz@omia College of Optometry, Fullerton, California RuDose. The Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study is a five-year observational study with an ambitious recruitment goal of 1,000 keratoconus patients in ten months. To the best of our knowledge, the CLEK Study is
the fust NIH-sponsored study to recruit subjects via a page on the World Wide Web (WWW): htpp://spectacle.berkeley.edu/CLEK/CLEK.html. M&oda. The CLEK Study WWW Page provides a brief description of keratoconus and the CLEK Study with a fit of the locations of the 16 CLEK Participating Clinics across the US. It includes pointers to the NE1 and the NIH Web Site. Initially, we contacted all individuals with eye-related Web Sites. Most were willing We also contacted all the Web to add a pointer to the CLEK Study page. Searchers/Directories. Now, if a patient searches for “keratoconus”, he or she will find the CLEK Study Web Site. Rest&a. Over a 40day period (9120195 to 10/30/95) the CLEK WWW home page was visited 399 times. More interested visitors probably went to the “CLEK Clinics” page, which was visited 168 times. Eighty-six visitors’ home bases could not be identified, 153 were commercial users (e.g., aol), and 57 were non-US based. Sixty-nine inquiries were from universities, and 21 were from government-based e-mail addresses. Eiht were from organizations. Between 6126195 and 11/27/95, the Study Chairman was contacted by e-mail by 33 interested patients or potential referring doctors. Conch&on. The Internet is an innovative and effective means of communicating with eligible patients for large-scaleclinical studies. Supported by NE1 grants UlO-10419, UlO-10069, and UlO-10077.
this website in an Astbma program. Twenty five patients were recruited over the Internet during a period of 45 days. Five were referred to clinical investigators in their respective geographic areas. Typical recruitment efforts for this type of protocol have yielded a screening: referral ratio of 16:1, at a cost of approximately $500 per patient. This internet recruitment ration was 51 at a cost of < $100 per patient. The efficiency and savings were significant. The Information Superhighway is being promoted by the media and utihied by an ever-increasing number of households. It provides the clinical trials industry with an additional medium of communications and interaction. Al4 RECRUITMENT FOR A LARGE-SCALE CLINICAL STUDY VIA THE INTERNET
K. Zadnik, M.A. Bullimore, J.T. Barr, M.O. Gordon and T.B. Edrington Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation in Keratoconus (CLEK) Study Universily of California, Berkeley, California University of Cali@omia, Davis, California The Ohio State Universily, Columbus, Ohio Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Southern Calz@omia College of Optometry, Fullerton, California RuDose. The Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study is a five-year observational study with an ambitious recruitment goal of 1,000 keratoconus patients in ten months. To the best of our knowledge, the CLEK Study is
the fust NIH-sponsored study to recruit subjects via a page on the World Wide Web (WWW): htpp://spectacle.berkeley.edu/CLEK/CLEK.html. M&oda. The CLEK Study WWW Page provides a brief description of keratoconus and the CLEK Study with a fit of the locations of the 16 CLEK Participating Clinics across the US. It includes pointers to the NE1 and the NIH Web Site. Initially, we contacted all individuals with eye-related Web Sites. Most were willing We also contacted all the Web to add a pointer to the CLEK Study page. Searchers/Directories. Now, if a patient searches for “keratoconus”, he or she will find the CLEK Study Web Site. Rest&a. Over a 40day period (9120195 to 10/30/95) the CLEK WWW home page was visited 399 times. More interested visitors probably went to the “CLEK Clinics” page, which was visited 168 times. Eighty-six visitors’ home bases could not be identified, 153 were commercial users (e.g., aol), and 57 were non-US based. Sixty-nine inquiries were from universities, and 21 were from government-based e-mail addresses. Eiht were from organizations. Between 6126195 and 11/27/95, the Study Chairman was contacted by e-mail by 33 interested patients or potential referring doctors. Conch&on. The Internet is an innovative and effective means of communicating with eligible patients for large-scaleclinical studies. Supported by NE1 grants UlO-10419, UlO-10069, and UlO-10077.