Investigator barriers to pediatric clinical trial enrollment: Findings and recommendations from the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative

Purpose: Despite legislation to stimulate pediatric drug development, enrolling children in drug trials continues to be challenging. Pediatric providers are essential to the recruitment of pediatric patients, but little is known regarding the specific barriers that prevent providers who have never served as a study investigator from participating in and referring their patients to clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to identify factors …