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Co-enrollment in multiple HIV prevention trials - experiences from the CAPRISA 004 Tenofovir gel trial.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Kharsany, Ayesha B. M. Naidoo, Kasavan Yende, Nonhlanhla Gengiah, Tanuja N. Omar, Zaheen Arulappan, Natasha Mlisana, Koleka P. Luthuli, Londiwe R. Karim, Salim Abdool |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND In settings where multiple HIV prevention trials are conducted in close proximity, trial participants may attempt to enroll in more than one trial simultaneously. Co-enrollment impacts on participant's safety and validity of trial results. We describe our experience, remedial action taken, inter-organizational collaboration and lessons learnt following the identification of co-enrolled participants. EXPERIENCES Between February and April 2008, we identified 185 of the 398 enrolled participants as ineligible. In violation of the study protocol exclusion criteria, there was simultaneous enrollment in another HIV prevention trial (ineligible co-enrolled, n=135), and enrollment of women who had participated in a microbicide trial within the past 12 months (ineligible not co-enrolled, n=50). Following a complete audit of all enrolled participants, ineligible participants were discontinued via study exit visits from trial follow-up. Custom-designed education program on co-enrollment impacting on participants' safety and validity of the trial results was implemented. Shared electronic database between research units was established to enable verification of each volunteer's trial participation and to prevent future co-enrollments. LESSONS LEARNT Interviews with ineligible enrolled women revealed that high-quality care, financial incentives, altruistic motives, preference for sex with gel, wanting to increase their likelihood of receiving active gel, perceived low risk of discovery and peer pressure are the reasons for their enrollment in the CAPRISA 004 trial. CONCLUSION Instituting education programs based on the reasons reported by women for seeking enrollment in more than one trial and using a shared central database system to identify co-enrollments have effectively prevented further co-enrollments. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cct.2011.01.005 |
| PubMed reference number | 21278001 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10413/9260/AbdoolKarim_Quarraisha_2011.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/download/fedora_content/download/ac:144182/CONTENT/j.cct.2011.01.005.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2011.01.005 |
| Journal | Contemporary clinical trials |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
