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Late-starter sites in randomized controlled trials

Anna-Bettina Haidich1, John P A Ioannidis

  • 1Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.

Summary

Early enrolling sites are crucial for clinical trial success. Inefficient late-starter sites rarely contribute significantly to patient accrual in large, fixed-site trials, suggesting administrative efforts to add them later are often unproductive.

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