Publication Name	World Journal of Methodology
Manuscript ID	27464
Country	Italy

Received	2016-05-30 15:37
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Category	Methodology
Manuscript Type	Clinical Trials Study
Article Title	Radiological clinical trials: Proposal of a problem-finding questionnaire to improve study success
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Francesca Valdora, Bianca Bignotti, Massimo Calabrese, Nehmat Houssami and Alberto Tagliafico
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Alberto Tagliafico, MD, Assistant Professor of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Institute of Anatomy, University of Genoa, Via De Toni 14, 16132 Genoa, Italy. albertotagliafico@gmail.com
Key Words	Clinical trials; Data management; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mammography; Ultrasonography
Core Tip	Clinical data management (CDM) is important for efficiently managing and completing a clinical trial. CDM is the process of controlling, processing, validating and querying data generated in a clinical study. In this paper, we developed a questionnaire identifying the main recurring obstacles in radiological clinical trials as perceived by end-users. We tried to define possible solutions that are mostly related to having dedicated clinical trial research staff. This topic is relatively well-known by clinicians, while it is less well-known by radiologists and could be useful for radiological centres that are currently involved or will be involved in conducting or participating in radiological clinical trials. For this reason, we suggested a problem-solving questionnaire and reported our experience in managing seven multi-centre national and international radiological clinical trials.
Publish Date	2016-12-21 08:10
Citation	Valdora F, Bignotti B, Calabrese M, Houssami N, Tagliafico A. Radiological clinical trials: Proposal of a problem-finding questionnaire to improve study success. World J Methodol 2016; 6(4): 214-219
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v6/i4/214.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v6.i4.214

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