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From: Enhancing Recruitment Using Teleconference and Commitment Contract (ERUTECC): study protocol for a randomised, stepped-wedge cluster trial within the EFFECTS trial

Fig. 2

The randomised, stepped-wedge cluster design for the ERUTECC study. In ERUTECC, we use a stepped-wedge cluster design. First the centre is classified as low or medium recruiting. Second, the centres are randomised in each class ensuring that at least one low and one medium recruiting centre is included in every step. Each centre has a 60-day running-in period (yellow), followed by a 60-day post-intervention period (blue). The intervention (teleconference) is done after the 60-day running-in period, and every step provides data before and after intervention, but not at the same point in time. We will add up all patients for all 11 steps in the 60-day running-in period and compare this with the inclusion rate for all centres’ 60-day post randomisation period

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