LatAm FINGERS: Overcoming Barriers for a Dementia Prevention Trial Startup

The LatAm‐FINGERS initiative is a non‐pharmacological intervention trial to prevent cognitive impairment in 12 Latin American countries. Our aim is to describe the challenges faced when launching a multi‐country trial and the strategies used to tackle them. The principal challenges included: 1) Training personnel from the different teams in trial procedures, 2) Assessing the training results, and 3) To provide support regarding the trial set‐up on the different sites. Another barrier is that centers are separated in distance and time zones and languages (Spanish, Portuguese, and English).