The following two PubMed search strategies were designed to be used as part of a two step search for articles focused on barriers to enrolling clinical trial subjects.
(barrier
OR barriers OR obstacle OR obstacles OR impediment OR impediments OR
block OR blocked OR blocking OR blocks OR obstruct OR obstructs OR
obstructing OR obstruction OR obstructions OR stop OR stops OR stopping[tiab]
OR stopped OR curtail OR curtails OR curtailing OR curtailed OR disinclined OR
disinclination OR disinclinations OR object OR objected OR objects OR objecting
OR objection OR objections OR barricade OR barricades OR roadblock OR
roadblocks OR limit OR limited OR limiting OR limits OR difficulty OR
difficulties OR difficult OR bar OR bars OR barred OR barring OR prevent[tiab]
OR prevents OR preventing OR interfere OR interferes OR interfering OR
interfered OR interference OR glitch OR glitches OR "stumbling block"
OR "stumbling blocks" OR hangup OR hangups OR hang-up OR hang-ups OR
encumbrance OR encumbrances OR encumber OR encumbers OR encumbering OR encumbered
OR hinder OR hindered OR hindering OR hinders OR hindrance OR hindrances OR
hold-up OR hold-ups OR "hold up" OR "hold ups" OR snag OR
snags OR deterrent OR deterrents OR deter OR deters OR deterred OR deterring OR
prohibit[ti] OR prohibits OR prohibiting OR prohibited OR restrict OR
restricted OR restricting OR restricts OR restriction OR restrictions OR
interdict OR interdicts OR interdicted OR interdiction OR interdictions OR
interdicting OR restrain OR restrained OR restraining OR restraint OR
restraints OR restrains OR check OR checks OR checked OR checking OR hamper OR
hampered OR hampering OR hampers OR unwilling OR willing OR refusal[tiab] OR
refuse[tiab] OR refuses[tiab] OR refused OR refusing OR reject OR rejects OR
rejected OR rejection OR rejecting OR "decision making"[mesh] OR
"Refusal to Participate"[mesh] OR "Communication
Barriers"[mesh] OR "patient participation"[mesh] OR
"Research Subjects"[mesh] OR participate[ti] OR
participates[ti] OR participation[ti] OR participating[ti] OR participates[ti]
OR enroll[ti] OR enrolls[ti] OR enrolled[ti] OR enrolling[ti] OR enrollee[ti]
OR enrollees[ti] OR recruits[ti] OR recruiting[ti] OR recruited[ti] OR
recruitment[ti]) AND (participate[ti] OR participates[ti] OR
participation[ti] OR participating[ti] OR participates[ti] OR enroll[ti] OR
enrolls[ti] OR enrolled[ti] OR enrolling[ti] OR enrollee[ti] OR enrollees[ti]
OR subject[ti] OR subjects[ti] OR recruit[ti] OR recruits[ti] OR recruiting[ti]
OR recruited[ti] OR recruitment[ti] OR involvement[ti] OR involve[ti] OR involves[ti]
OR involved[ti] OR involving[ti] OR involvement[ti] OR join[ti] OR joined[ti]
OR joins[ti] OR joining[ti] OR member[ti] OR members OR "Patient
selection"[mesh] OR "patient participation"[mesh] OR
"Research Subjects"[mesh] OR "Refusal to Participate"[mesh]
OR "clinical trials as topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "human
experimentation"[mesh]) AND (project OR projects OR program OR programs OR
experiment OR experimental OR experiments OR research[tiab] OR
intervention[tiab] OR interventions OR trial OR trials[tiab] OR head-to-head OR
study OR studies[tiab] OR control[tiab] OR controls OR placebo OR placebos OR
randomization OR random OR randomly OR randomisation OR "Refusal to
Participate"[mesh] OR "Research Subjects"[mesh] OR "clinical
trials as topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "human experimentation"[mesh])
(barrier[ti]
OR barriers[ti] OR obstacle[ti] OR obstacles[ti] OR impediment[ti] OR
impediments[ti] OR block[ti] OR blocked[ti] OR blocking[ti] OR blocks[ti]
OR obstruct[ti] OR obstructs[ti] OR obstructing[ti] OR obstruction[ti] OR
obstructions[ti] OR stop[ti] OR stops[ti] OR stopping[ti] OR stopped[ti] OR curtail[ti]
OR curtails[ti] OR curtailing[ti] OR curtailed[ti] OR disinclined[ti] OR
disinclination[ti] OR disinclinations[ti] OR object[ti] OR objected[ti] OR
objects[ti] OR objecting[ti] OR objection[ti] OR objections[ti] OR
barricade[ti] OR barricades[ti] OR roadblock[ti] OR roadblocks[ti] OR limit[ti]
OR limited[ti] OR limiting[ti] OR limits[ti] OR difficulty[ti] OR
difficulties[ti] OR difficult[ti] OR bar[ti] OR bars[ti] OR barred[ti] OR
barring[ti] OR prevent[ti] OR prevents[ti] OR preventing[ti] OR interfere[ti]
OR interferes[ti] OR interfering[ti] OR interfered[ti] OR interference[ti] OR
glitch[ti] OR glitches[ti] OR "stumbling block"[ti] OR
"stumbling blocks"[ti] OR hangup[ti] OR hangups[ti] OR hang-up[ti] OR
hang-ups[ti] OR encumbrance[ti] OR encumbrances[ti] OR encumber[ti] OR
encumbers[ti] OR encumbering[ti] OR encumbered[ti] OR hinder[ti] OR
hindered[ti] OR hindering[ti] OR hinders[ti] OR hindrance[ti] OR hindrances[ti]
OR hold-up[ti] OR hold-ups[ti] OR "hold up"[ti] OR "hold
ups"[ti] OR snag[ti] OR snags[ti] OR deterrent[ti] OR deterrents[ti] OR
deter[ti] OR deters[ti] OR deterred[ti] OR deterring[ti] OR prohibit[ti] OR
prohibits[ti] OR prohibiting[ti] OR prohibited[ti] OR restrict[ti] OR
restricted[ti] OR restricting[ti] OR restricts[ti] OR restriction[ti] OR
restrictions[ti] OR interdict[ti] OR interdicts[ti] OR interdicted[ti] OR
interdiction[ti] OR interdictions[ti] OR interdicting[ti] OR restrain[ti] OR
restrained[ti] OR restraining[ti] OR restraint[ti] OR restraints[ti] OR
restrains[ti] OR check[ti] OR checks[ti] OR checked[ti] OR checking[ti] OR
hamper[ti] OR hampered[ti] OR hampering[ti] OR hampers[ti] OR unwilling[ti] OR
willing[ti] OR refusal[ti] OR refuse[ti] OR refuses[ti] OR refused[ti] OR
refusing[ti] OR reject[ti] OR rejects[ti] OR rejected[ti] OR rejection[ti] OR
rejecting[ti] OR "decision making"[mesh] OR "Refusal to
Participate"[mesh] OR "patient participation"[mesh] OR
"Communication Barriers"[mesh] OR "Research Subjects"[mesh]
OR participate[ti] OR participates[ti] OR participation[ti] OR
participating[ti] OR participates[ti] OR enroll[ti] OR enrolls[ti] OR
enrolled[ti] OR enrolling[ti] OR enrollee[ti] OR enrollees[ti] OR recruits[ti]
OR recruiting[ti] OR recruited[ti] OR recruitment[ti] OR "Research
Subjects"[mesh]) AND (participate OR participates OR participation
OR participating OR participates OR enroll OR enrolls OR enrolled OR enrolling
OR enrollee OR enrollees OR subject OR subjects OR recruit OR recruits OR
recruiting OR recruited OR recruitment OR involvement OR involve OR involves OR
involved OR involving OR involvement OR join OR joined OR joins OR joining OR
member OR members OR "Patient selection"[mesh] OR "patient
participation"[mesh] OR "Research Subjects"[mesh] OR
"Refusal to Participate"[mesh] OR "clinical trials as topic"[MeSH
Terms] OR "human experimentation"[mesh])