Design and rationale for an empirical investigation of the resource use and costs of investigator-initiated randomized trials in Switzerland, the UK, and Germany.


Journal

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

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 Oct 2024
Historique:
received: 23 01 2024
accepted: 23 09 2024
medline: 8 10 2024
pubmed: 8 10 2024
entrez: 7 10 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Conducting high-quality randomized clinical trials (RCTs) is challenging, time consuming, and resource intense. Academic investigators usually depend on scarce financial resources; however, current literature lacks systematically collected empirical data on the detailed resource use and costs of investigator-initiated RCTs. The aim of this study is to generate a database of detailed empirical resource use and cost data from 100 investigator-initiated RCTs in Switzerland, Germany, and the UK. Investigators enter their empirical costs data into an online data collection form, which is followed by a short interview and a detailed cost report. We plan to investigate cost patterns and cost drivers and examine planned versus actual RCT costs as well as explore different strata of costs across the planning, conduct, and finalization phases, in drug and non-drug trials, and across medical fields and countries. This study will add detailed empirical data to the limited research on investigator-initiated RCT costs currently available. A study limitation will be that cost data will be retrospective and self-reported, which might be inaccurate depending on how costs were recorded. Open Science Framework (OSF) https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QY2GU . Registered on June 4, 2021.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Conducting high-quality randomized clinical trials (RCTs) is challenging, time consuming, and resource intense. Academic investigators usually depend on scarce financial resources; however, current literature lacks systematically collected empirical data on the detailed resource use and costs of investigator-initiated RCTs.
METHODS METHODS
The aim of this study is to generate a database of detailed empirical resource use and cost data from 100 investigator-initiated RCTs in Switzerland, Germany, and the UK. Investigators enter their empirical costs data into an online data collection form, which is followed by a short interview and a detailed cost report. We plan to investigate cost patterns and cost drivers and examine planned versus actual RCT costs as well as explore different strata of costs across the planning, conduct, and finalization phases, in drug and non-drug trials, and across medical fields and countries.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
This study will add detailed empirical data to the limited research on investigator-initiated RCT costs currently available. A study limitation will be that cost data will be retrospective and self-reported, which might be inaccurate depending on how costs were recorded.
TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
Open Science Framework (OSF) https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QY2GU . Registered on June 4, 2021.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39375767
doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08505-y
pii: 10.1186/s13063-024-08505-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

662

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Alexandra Griessbach (A)

CLEAR Methods Center, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. alexandranatacha.griessbach@usb.ch.

Benjamin Speich (B)

CLEAR Methods Center, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Gilles Dutilh (G)

Department Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Shaun Treweek (S)

Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.

Matthias Schwenkglenks (M)

Institute of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Health Economics Facility, Department of Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Matthias Briel (M)

CLEAR Methods Center, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Department of Health Research Methodology, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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