Maximizing Patient Recruitment and Retention in a Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinical Trial: Lessons Learned from the STAND FIRM Study

Tharshanah Thayabaranathan; Dominique A Cadilhac; Velandai K Srikanth; Sharyn M Fitzgerald; Roger G Evans; Joosup Kim; Richard P Gerraty; Thanh G Phan; Christopher F Bladin; Mark R Nelson; Judith H Frayne; Amanda G Thrift

Journal article

Maximizing Patient Recruitment and Retention in a Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinical Trial: Lessons Learned from the STAND FIRM Study

Tharshanah Thayabaranathan, Dominique A Cadilhac, Velandai K Srikanth, Sharyn M Fitzgerald, Roger G Evans, Joosup Kim, Richard P Gerraty, Thanh G Phan, Christopher F Bladin, Mark R Nelson, Judith H Frayne, Amanda G Thrift

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.02.020

University of Melbourne Researchers

Dominique Cadilhac Author Medicine - Austin Health

Grants

Awarded by Helen McPherson Smith Trust

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by NHMRC

Awarded by NHMRC/National Heart Foundation Research Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

The Phase II study was partially supported by the Helen McPherson Smith Trust (6093) and the Ivor Ronald Evans Foundation, as administered by Equity Trustees. The Phase III STAND FIRM RCT was supported by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC 586605). A.G.T. was supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (1042600). D.A.C. was supported by a cofunded NHMRC/National Heart Foundation Research Fellowship (1063761). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.