Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing?

Marketing Randomised trials Recruitment Retention Value

Journal

Trials
ISSN: 1745-6215
Titre abrégé: Trials
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101263253

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jun 2022
Historique:
received: 08 02 2022
accepted: 18 05 2022
entrez: 2 6 2022
pubmed: 3 6 2022
medline: 7 6 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Marketing is a core business function in commercial companies but is also frequently used by not-for-profit organisations. Marketing focuses on understanding what people value to make choices about engaging with a product or service: a concept also key to understanding why people may choose to engage with a clinical trial. Understanding the needs and values of stakeholders, whether they are participants, staff at recruiting sites or policy-makers, is critical for a clinical trial to be a success. As many trials fail to recruit and retain participants, perhaps it is time for us to consider approaches from other disciplines. Though clinical trial teams may consider evidence- and non-evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, this is rarely done in a systematic, streamlined way and is often in response to challenges once the trial has started. In this short commentary, we argue the need for a formal marketing approach to be applied to clinical trials, from the outset, as a potential prevention to recruitment and retention problems.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35655239
doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06417-3
pii: 10.1186/s13063-022-06417-3
pmc: PMC9164393
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

457

Subventions

Organisme : Chief Scientist Office
ID : HSRU1
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

E J Mitchell (EJ)

Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, Applied Health Research Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. eleanor.mitchell@nottingham.ac.uk.

K Sprange (K)

Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, Applied Health Research Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.

S Treweek (S)

Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.

E Nixon (E)

Nottingham University Business School, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK.

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