BTEC 501 | Recruitment Strategy Lab

1 · Trial planner

Uniform compensation per participant

Appointment scheduling

Recruitment / invitation strategy

This fictional recruitment market has deliberately unequal outreach access. At lower compensation, younger White men may be overrepresented, while other groups face additional practical outreach barriers. Nearest-first community outreach can reduce modeled access barriers when paired with adequate compensation. These are synthetic teaching assumptions, not facts about demographic groups.

Clinical screening choices

Understanding baseline symptom scores (0–12)

The simulated symptom score summarizes the severity of seasonal allergic rhinitis at the start of the study, before treatment. A score of 0 represents no symptoms and higher scores represent a greater symptom burden; 12 is the maximum on this fictional study scale. This is a classroom scoring model, not a validated clinical instrument.

The default eligible range is 4–10: scores below 4 represent relatively mild symptoms with limited room for measurable improvement, while scores above 10 fall outside this fictional protocol’s specified enrollment range. These cutoffs are teaching assumptions, not medical recommendations. Restricting the score range further may make recruitment easier to target but can reduce enrollment and how broadly the results apply.

The trial measures improvement = baseline score − week-6 score. For example, a participant improving from 8 to 5 has improved by 3 points. The planned difference of 1 point compares the average improvement between the drug and placebo groups; it does not mean a participant needs to have a baseline score of 1.

Minimum age

Maximum age

Minimum symptom score

Maximum symptom score

Safety exclusions, study design, statistical targets, and refusal rules cannot be overridden. Clinical screening changes require scientific justification.

A recruitment attempt is a simulated nonrefundable campaign expense, whether or not it succeeds. Participant commitments are assessed separately; nothing is finalized automatically.

Study requirements

Randomized target	158 (79 drug / 79 placebo)
Initial budget	$140,000
Study duration	6 visits / 6 weeks
Comparison	Pollenex vs placebo
Eligible patients	Adults with seasonal rhinitis, subject to safety criteria

2 · Recruitment budget

Unspent cash

$140,000

Attempts used

Recruiting fees spent

Recruitment history

No attempts recorded. Changing settings without recruiting is free, but provides no new results. The recruitment pool is reset for each hypothetical scenario; attempt fees accumulate.

Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab

2 · Recruitment budget

3 · Recruitment results

Campaign cost breakdown

4 · Who did your strategy recruit?

Age groups

Reported race

Ethnicity reported

Sex recorded

Recruitment roster

Representation comparison

5 · Ethical assessment

Recruitment history