Recruitment and retention of pregnant women into clinical research trials: an overview of challenges, facilitators, and best practices.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on December 15, 2014

Authors

Paula M Frew1, Diane S Saint-Victor2, Margaret Brewinski Isaacs3, Sonnie Kim4, Geeta K Swamy5, Jeanne S Sheffield6, Kathryn M Edwards7, Tonya Villafana8, Ouda Kamagate2, Kevin Ault9

Author Affiliations

1: Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
2: Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
3: NIH Office of Research on Women's Health.
4: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
5: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
6: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
7: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
8: MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
9: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.

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