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Physicians' Choice in Using Internet and Fax for Patient Recruitment and Follow-up in a Randomized Controlled Trial

OBJECTIVE: To examine the physicians' preference between Web and fax-based remote data entry (RDE) system for an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Japan. METHODS: We conducted a survey among all the collaborating physicians (n = 512) of the CASE-J (Candesartan Antihypertensive Survival Evaluation in Japan) trial, who have been recruiting patients and sending follow-up data using the Web or a fax-based RDE system...

Keywords: randomized controlled trial, Web, fax, physicians’ choice, patient recruitment