Clinical Trial: Testing Promising Behavioral Economic Interventions to Promote Enrollment Diversity in Cardiovascular Cohort Studies
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Cardiovascular Diseases
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Testing Promising Behavioral Economic Interventions to Promote Enrollment Diversity in Cardiovascular Cohort Studies
Brief Summary:
Problem.Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are the best way to determine if interventions are safe and effective.Usually only a small number of eligible patients enroll.This is because trials require people to consent to be enrolled and randomized.Black and Hispanic people are more likely to develop heart disease.They are also more likely to have risk factors for heart disease that are not controlled.Yet they are very under-represented in heart disease trials.This raises concerns about if trial results can be…
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