CTRP Pragmatic Trial Value | Indication |
Yes | This is a pragmatic trial |
No | This is not a pragmatic trial |
No Data Available | Pragmatic trial indicator not currently set on the CTRP trial record |
Pragmatic Clinical Trials Definition: A clinical trial that is designed to study a health intervention in a real-world setting that is similar or identical to the one in which the intervention will be implemented
CTRP classifies trials with the following characteristics as pragmatic:
- Unit of randomization may be other than an individual participant (e.g., the clinic, the healthcare system, or a neighborhood if a community setting)
- Intervention may be multi-level involving changes to:
- Participant behavior (e.g., completing a symptom report measures online), and
- Provider behavior (e.g., receiving the participant’s symptom report and having to act on it)
- Data are often obtained directly from medical records and, are likely collected on a large number of participants
- Data may be collected during a pre-intervention period and again during a post-intervention period in each clinic that is randomized
- Participants for whom data are collected in the pre-intervention period may not be the same ones for whom data are collected in the post-intervention period