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Lessons learnt in conducting a clinical drug trial in children with Asperger Syndrome . OBJECTIVE To describe the authors ' experience of conducting a clinical drug trial in children with Asperger Syndrome , including the pitfalls encountered and lessons learnt . CONCLUSIONS The main barrier encountered was in the recruitment of children : it was not possible to recruit the target of 60 patients . The recruitment of children is often the major barrier to the progress of a successful clinical trial . Conducting the clinical drug trial was greatly facilitated by the appropriate setting and experienced clinical pharmacology staff .
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recruitment of children
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Outcome_Other
recruitment of children
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
Asperger Syndrome .
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children
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Participant_Condition
Asperger Syndrome
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Participant_Sample-size
60