Out of a total of 537 unique potentially eligible DAs, 23 met the eligibility criteria, 20 of which were available for data extraction.
"A lung cancer patient, for example, might find 500 potential trials on clinicaltrials.gov, each of which has a unique, exhaustive list of eligibility criteria that must be read and assessed," says Galil. "As this pool of trials changes each week, it is humanly impossible to keep track of all good matches".
In total, thirteen publications representing seven unique RCTs met the eligibility criteria and were included in the current review.
Three authors independently reviewed the resultant list of unique citations to assess eligibility for inclusion; of the original 3,070 citations, they identified 72 candidates eligible for review.
Of 187 publications reviewed in full, 24 representing 23 unique studies met the eligibility criteria.w1-w24 The inter-rater reliability for included studies was 0.84 (95% confidence interval 0.83 to 0.86).
The investigator obtained signed informed consent from the potential patients, assigned them unique enrolment numbers, determined patient eligibility and assigned eligible patients unique randomization codes.
It's unique because it assesses consumers' eligibility for insurance, calculates their subsidy if any and allows them to buy a product, she says.
The abstracts of all 2,467 unique records were screened for eligibility independently by two authors.
Titles and abstracts of unique citations were initially screened for meeting eligibility criteria.
These interviews identified 124 venues that were assessed by study staff for eligibility (seating for patrons, >50 unique visitors per week, >10% female patrons, and willingness to have the research team regularly visit).
