Stroke research trials struggle to get enough participants

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Stroke research trials struggle to get enough participants

(Reuters Health) - Research trials of new treatments for stroke often face a slow process of finding subjects, and the current recruitment rate is lower than 25 years ago, according to a recent study.

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Stroke research trials struggle to get enough participants

By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) - Research trials of new treatments for stroke often face a slow process of finding subjects, and the current recruitment rate is lower than 25 years ago, according to a recent study. Without enough participants, trials may run slowly or lose funding, which limits the possibility of developing new treatments for stroke, researchers write in the journal Stroke. “There have been a number of recent efforts to improve recruitment, and we felt that it was important to understand whether these efforts were working,” lead author Dr. William Feldman of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston said by email.

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