Retrospective assessment of resource use and costs in two investigator-initiated randomised trials exemplified a comprehensive cost item list

Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) are costly and published information on resource requirements for their conduct is limited. To identify key factors for making RCTs more sustainable, empirical data on resource use and associated costs are needed. We aimed to retrospectively assess resource use and detailed costs of two academic, investigator-initiated RCTs using a comprehensive list of cost items.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - December 29, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Benjamin Speich, Belinda von Niederh äusern, Claudine Angela Blum, Jennifer Keiser, Nadine Schur, Thomas Fürst, Benjamin Kasenda, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Lars G. Hemkens, Christiane Pauli-Magnus, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Matthias Briel, MAking Randomized Tr Source Type: research