Patient enrollment and logistical problems top the list of difficulties in clinical research: a cross-sectional survey

@article{Cullati2016PatientEA,
  title={Patient enrollment and logistical problems top the list of difficulties in clinical research: a cross-sectional survey},
  author={St{\'e}phane Cullati and Delphine Sophie Courvoisier and Ang{\`e}le Gayet-Ageron and Guy H. Haller and Olivier Irion and Thomas Agoritsas and Sandrine Rudaz and Thomas V. Perneger},
  journal={BMC Medical Research Methodology},
  year={2016},
  volume={16},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:10451897}
}
A cross-sectional survey among principal investigators of 996 study protocols approved by the Research Ethics Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, between 2001 and 2005 found medical researchers reported substantial logistical difficulties in conducting clinical research.
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