Article: Improve CT participant adherence with these tips.(clinical trial)

Improve CT participant adherence with these tips

There are three typical adherence problems

Clinical trial coordinators and investigators could prevent the problems posed by study variability in trial adherence by taking measures to improve participant adherence.

There are three typical problems with medication adherence, suggests John Urquhart, MD, DrHC, FRCPE, FAAAS, FISPE, FBMES, FRSE, chief scientist with AARDEX Ltd. of Union City, CA, and Zug, Switzerland.

They are as follows:

1. Patients never start the drug. "Sometimes patients who are prescribed a drug will never start taking it," Urquhart says. "That's called ...

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