A new hospital within the same network opened in late 2004; we obtained approval to commence recruiting women from this hospital in June 2005.
Therefore a minimum of 0.85 patients per centre open and recruiting per month would be required i.e. 133 patients recruited over the 12 month period, assuming all 13 centres opened and commenced recruitment in a timely manner.
Consequently, soon after POIS commenced, interviewers were recruiting new participants to the study, while also scheduling and undertaking follow-up interviews.
Trial recruitment commenced August 2009 All participants recruited August 2010 Trial completed August 2011 Trial reported December 2011 The blind will only be broken for clinical management purposes.
We successfully revealed the origin of the tumorous mass lesions and how they commenced their expansion by recruiting inflammatory cells and by degrading the adjacent healthy mucosa.
The provider organisation had commenced a targeted recruitment campaign to recruit staff from under-represented ethnic groups and it developed collaborative working patterns with service users.
Adults who were about to commence ART were recruited for this study after obtaining written informed consent.
Overall, after only 13 months of programme operation, 15 recruits had also commenced practice in very remote locations, despite only four recruits reported as having worked in remote or very remote locations prior to joining the RHPP.
CSOs stressed the importance of establishing good working relationships with gatekeepers including/especially service administrative staff before recruiting to a study commenced and maintaining good-will over time.
