Introduction Suboptimal and differential participant engagement in randomized trials—
including retention at primary outcome assessments and attendance at intervention …

Objective Emerging adulthood (EA) is a critical time to promote cardiometabolic health, but
EAs are underrepresented in lifestyle intervention trials. Knowledge gaps exist regarding …

Abstract Background Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) often experience
pain and other symptoms that negatively impact quality of life. Interventions that enhance the …

Despite the evidence that complicated rheumatic diseases are more prevalent and severe in
ethnic minorities, rheumatology research is afflicted with inadequate patient representation …

Recruitment of diverse populations and subjects living in Medically Underserved Areas and
Populations (MUA/P's) into clinical trials is a considerable challenge. Likewise …

Current standards for methodological rigor and trial reporting underscore the critical issue of
statistical power. Still, the chance of detecting most effects reported in randomized controlled …

Methods: According to the Medical Research Council framework, the present study
consisted of two phases:(1) Phase 1: intervention development; and (2) Phase 2: a pilot …

Subject adherence is a key component of any clinical trial. Poor adherence to interventions
in clinical trials may impair the trials' value, for example, by jeopardizing estimates of a …

Background Prolonged sitting is an independent risk behavior for the development of
chronic disease. With most interventions focusing on physical activity and exercise, there is …

My first aim identified enrollment patterns and variables that predict enrollment in a diverse
underserved population and evaluated barriers to enrollment. We analyzed data from the …