Complete the post-test online at www.cmeuniversity.com. On the navigation menu, click on "Find Post-tests by Course" and search by project ID 4962. Upon registering and successfully completing the post-test with a score of 70% or better and the evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately. At this time, you will also have the opportunity to download a pdf of the post-test answer rationales.
Quiz
You have a small rural family practice but you would like to start conducting clinical trials. Several protocols have come across your desk. Because your community has limited ethnic/racial diversity, which protocol is most appropriate for your situation?
a) New drug to treat PMS symptoms in women aged 18–35 years
b) Management options for hyperlipidemia in African American men aged 40–60 years
c) New weight loss drug in men and women aged 25–55 years, with a directive to enroll Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans
d) None of the above
You have agreed to participate in a clinical trial that is investigating a new psoriasis cream. You contact your friend, Dr. Scott, in the next town to ask if he has any patients who may be good candidates. He calls you back a few days later with a list of 6 people from his practice. He has already called them to ask if they would mind hearing from your Study Coordinator about the trial. Have HIPAA regulations been violated?
a) Yes
b) No
You are looking to recruit elderly patients (aged 65–85 years) for an osteoporosis treatment study. Which of the following radio stations may be the most appropriate for your advertising campaign?
a) WPST – Top 40 Hits
b) WMMR – Active Rock
c) WDBK – College
d) WRDV – Big Band/Doo Wop
For the clinical trial you are conducting, subjects will need to come to the clinic once a week for 4 weeks and should not eat anything for 8 hours before the assessment. What is the best way to communicate this information to the subjects?
a) Inform them at each clinic visit that they will need to return the following week
b) Send them home with the informed consent document to review at their leisure
c) After they have enrolled, send them a postcard with all of their appointments scheduled
d) Have a conversation with the subject before they enroll about their responsibilities when you discuss informed consent
You run a radio ad for an upcoming clinical trial, and potential participants are calling your coordinator in response to the ad. One of the requirements of the study is that the patient must discontinue all topical therapies they have used up to 4 weeks prior to starting the study. When speaking to the potential participants, your coordinator can do all of the following except:
a) Tell the person to discontinue topical therapy in order to speed up the enrollment process
b) Tell the person about the simple construct of the study, including the name of the drug and the number follow-up visits
c) Tell the person there will be a washout period if they participate in the study
d) Tell the person there is a placebo arm of the study