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Affiliation
Renal Section (111F), VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. susan.crowley@yale.edu
Authors
Andress D, Aslam N, Bacallao R, Batuman V, Chertow G, Chertow GM, Choudhury D, Contreras G, Crowley ST, Dolson G, Feldman G, Finkel K, Gabbai F, Ikizler TA, Johansen K, Kellum J, Kraut J, Lohr J, Niles J, O'Connor T, O'Connor TZ, Paganini E, Palevsky PM, Peduzzi P, Rabb H, Ramkumar M, Rocco M, Rosado-Rodriguez C, Roudebush RL, Schein RM, Shaver MJ, Shaw A, Smith MW, Star R, Swanson K, Thompson BT, VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study Group, Vijayan A, Vitale J, Watnick S, Young E, Zhang J, Zhang JH
Studies
Citation
Crowley ST, Chertow GM, Vitale J, O'Connor T, Zhang J, Schein RM, Choudhury D, Finkel K, Vijayan A, Paganini E, Palevsky PM, VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study Group. Lessons for successful study enrollment from the Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 Jul;3(4):955-61. Epub 2008 Apr 2.Abstract
Design elements of clinical trials can introduce recruitment bias and reduce study efficiency. Trials involving the critically ill may be particularly prone to design-related inefficiencies.