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Table 1 Characteristics of the trials

From: The correlation between the number of eligible patients in routine clinical practice and the low recruitment level in clinical trials: a retrospective study using electronic medical records

Characteristic

Number of trials

Phase

  I/II

7

  II

6

  IV

1

  Not specified

5

Clinical areas

  Cancer

6

  Internal medicine

6

  Orthopedics

5

  Others

2

Participating centers

 

  KUH only

17

  Multicenter study

2

Study start date

  2004 to 2005

3

  2006 to 2007

10

  2008 to 2009

3

  2010

3

Target sample size per year per centera

  0 to 9

6

  10 to 19

6

  20 to 29

2

  30 to 39

1

  ≥40

4

Enrolled patients per year per center

  0 to 9

10

  10 to 19

3

  20 to 29

1

  30 to 39

4

  ≥40

1

  1. aThe target sample size was calculated as the total sample size divided by the number of centers in a single trial for which an assigned sample size was not determined. KUH, Kyoto University Hospital.