Effect of intensive versus limited monitoring on clinical trial conduct and outcomes: A randomized trial.
Am Heart J
; 243: 77-86, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1536405
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Regulatory agencies have endorsed more limited approaches to clinical trial site monitoring. However, the impact of different monitoring strategies on trial conduct and outcomes is unclear.METHODS:
We conducted a patient-level block-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of intensive versus limited monitoring on cardiovascular clinical trial conduct and outcomes nested within the CoreValve Continued Access and Expanded Use Studies. Intensive monitoring included complete source data verification of all critical datapoints whereas limited monitoring included automated data checks only. This study's endpoints included clinical trial outcome ascertainment as well as monitoring action items, protocol deviations, and adverse event ascertainment.RESULTS:
A total of 2,708 patients underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and were randomized to either intensive monitoring (n = 1,354) or limited monitoring (n = 1,354). Monitoring action items were more common with intensive monitoring (52% vs 15%; P < .001), but there was no difference in the percentage of patients with any protocol deviation (91.6% vs 90.4%; P = .314). The reported incidence of trial outcomes between intensive and limited monitoring was similar for mortality (30 days 4.8% vs 5.5%, P = .442; 1 year 20.3% vs 21.3%, P = .473) and stroke (30 days 2.8% vs 2.4%, P = .458), as well as most secondary trial outcomes with the exception of bleeding (intensive 36.3% vs limited 32.0% at 30 days, P = .019). There was a higher reported incidence of cardiac adverse events reported in the intensive monitoring group at 1 year (76.7% vs 72.4%; P = .019).CONCLUSIONS:
Tailored limited monitoring strategies can be implemented without influencing the integrity of TAVR trial outcomes.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aortic Valve Stenosis
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Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Stroke
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Am Heart J
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.ahj.2021.09.002
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