- Title
- Results of a survey of cancer patients' willingness to travel to participate in a clinical trial
- Creator
- Zdenkowski, Nicholas; Lynam, James; Sproule, Victoria; Wall, Laura; Searston, Jessica; Brown, Scott
- Relation
- Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 49, Issue 10, p. 1321-1325
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14456
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Only 2–3% of cancer patients enrol in a trial. We surveyed patients' willingness to change clinician or treating centre, or to travel, to participate in trials, to improve trial recruitment. Of 188 respondents, 79% were willing to participate in a trial in at least one scenario. Increasing travel time, change in oncologist, private health insurance and out of pocket expenses decreased likelihood of joining a trial. Rural and regional patients, and those from lower socio‐economic areas, were more willing to travel. To optimise access to trials, clinicians should refer within and between institutions.
- Subject
- clinical trial; discrete choice experiment; neoplasm; travel
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1461265
- Identifier
- uon:46154
- Identifier
- ISSN:1444-0903
- Language
- eng
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