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SUBMITTER: Mahoney MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7403863 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mahoney Martin C MC Ashare Rebecca R Schlienz Nicolas N Duerr CeCe C Hawk Larry W LW
Journal of substance abuse treatment 20200805
Clinical trials represent an essential component of improving treatment for substance use disorders (SUD). The SARS coronavirus-2 pandemic disrupted our ongoing clinical trial of smoking cessation and forced us to rapidly implement changes to assure participants access to ongoing counseling and monitoring via telephone calls and/or video chat sessions. Our experiences suggest that this pandemic will lead to changes for both future clinical trial participants and project staff. While challenges r ...[more]