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Stephen Hall1, Leticia Garcia1, Marie Stahmer2
1Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Background:
Roughly 7.2 million older Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Research participation remains one of the largest barriers facing dementia research advancements.
Methods:
TrialMatch is a dementia research awareness tool. TrialMatch consolidates research opportunities to serve as an open-access, centralized, and user-friendly resource to identify research opportunities. Between August 2020 and June 2024, we tracked the number of research opportunities available, enrollment targets, and TrialMatch engagement.
Results:
TrialMatch maintained a database of over 700 opportunities and received 18,802 calls and 122,461 web sessions, and provided 17,725 referrals to opportunities. An estimated 1,867,403 participants are needed to populate all the ongoing studies in the United States.
Discussion:
By using a broad inclusion criteria, TrialMatch highlights the burden that AD/ADRD research faces with recruitment. While TrialMatch has demonstrated its ability to serve as an awareness tool, future analyses are needed to better evaluate the impact of the tool on enrollment.
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