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  Family Physicians as Clinical Trial Investigators? - A Qualitative Study of Physicians’ Experiences with a Double-Blind Clinical Trial
  Author(s): Bleidorn J, Költzsch C, Hummers-Pradier E, Gágyor I and Theile G Bleidorn J, Költzsch C, Hummers-Pradier E, Gágyor I and Theile G
  
  Background: Clinical (drug) trials are known as "gold standard" to provide evidence on therapy, but have rarely been undertaken in German family practices. The pilot study HWI-01 "Antibiotic vs Ibuprofen for uncomplicated urinary tract infection" was a noncommercial, double-blind clinical trial, assessing the clinical equivalence of a symptomatic treatment with ibuprofen compared to antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI), and was conducted in 2007/08 according to current good clinical practice-guidelines in German family practices. Due to extensive regulatory requirements, a clinical drug trial is a great challenge for participating physicians and their teams. To optimize the planning and implementation of further randomized- controlled drug trials in a family medicine setting, views and experiences of participating fa.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000122

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