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Clinical trial recruitment regularly suffers from low enrollment—so much so that 85% of all clinical trials fail to meet their initial targets on time. Yet, according to data collected by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI), plenty of patients express interest in enrolling in studies: 50% accept when given the opportunity.… Continue reading Outsourcing Patient Recruitment: What You Need to Know

Clinical trial recruitment remains one of the most stubborn challenges in medical research today. While trial design and data analysis innovations have made gains for pharmaceutical companies and their personnel, countless studies routinely run out of time and budget. Many others fail to complete their studies entirely due to low enrollment and sky-high dropout rates.… Continue reading Site Engagement: The Key to Running a Successful Clinical Trial

This article was originally written in November 2024 and was updated with new discoveries and research in 2025. Modern clinical research requires modern methods for effective clinical trial management. Historically, difficulties arise with recruiting enough patients for clinical trial participation. Roughly 80% of trials fail to meet their patient enrollment target and timeline—delays that can… Continue reading Understanding Digital Patient Recruitment

This article was originally written in August 2024 and was updated with new discoveries and research in 2025. Patient recruitment is a critical aspect of clinical trials, but also one of the most challenging. 80% of studies experience delays due to recruitment, and half of all clinical sites enroll one or no patients at all.… Continue reading Patient Recruitment: How to Accelerate Enrollment

Placing patients and patient perspectives first should be an essential principle guiding all clinical advancement. We believe that a patient-centric approach forms the cornerstone of modern recruitment strategies that are necessary to transform industry practices and resolve long standing challenges. The Communication Gap One of the most pressing challenges in clinical research today is awareness.… Continue reading Putting Patients First: Transforming Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment

Clinical trials are a key part of the healthcare ecosystem. They develop groundbreaking therapies and make them available worldwide for patients seeking treatment. Recruiting patients for these trials is vital for their success and for advancing healthcare as a whole.  In the past, however, the patient recruitment process relied on less efficient methods, such as… Continue reading Digital Tools and Technologies Used to Improve Clinical Trial Recruitment

Looking at patient retention and enrollment statistics for clinical trials can be a little unsettling. Just over half of the research studies and drug development programs listed in the Clinical Trials Database ended prematurely because of enrollment issues; roughly 80% of clinical trials experience delays due to lagging patient enrollment; about one-quarter of all clinical… Continue reading 6 Clinical Trial Patient Retention Tips and Strategies

The clinical trials market is growing at 6.3% annually, poised to hit $73.2 billion by 2028. This growth presents unique opportunities for biopharma companies looking to attract patients to their studies in 2025. Notably, it highlights the increasing patient interest in clinical trials and new therapies. Despite the opportunities, however, biopharma still faces challenges such… Continue reading Clinical Trial Marketing and Advertising: Best Practices for 2025

Traditional clinical trial recruitment process approaches present multiple challenges, from underperforming sites to unresponsive patients. The results? Up to 80% of studies experience recruitment-related delays, while 85% fail to maintain a sample population of enough patients. Given the increasing difficulty of recruiting patients, biopharma companies, Contract Research Organizations (CROs), and other trial sponsors and organizers… Continue reading What Is Direct-to-Patient Clinical Trial Recruitment?

Curing diseases. Developing life-saving medications. Testing and refining less-invasive treatments and therapies. When it comes to cutting-edge clinical research, massive challenges abound. That’s why the field is so competitive, and it can be difficult—and important—to find the right patients to participate in clinical trials. One way to distinguish a particular clinical trial in a crowded… Continue reading Your Benefits to Working With A Clinical Research Marketing Agency

Whether by slowing cognitive decline in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease or exploring genetic therapies to treat sickle cell disease, clinical trials have produced life-saving medical research in recent years. These breakthroughs, though, can be compromised when clinical trials struggle to recruit eligible patients or meet enrollment targets. Few potentially eligible patients will participate in… Continue reading 9 Strategies to Increase Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Randomized controlled trials make rigorous clinical research that advances medical science as a whole and improves patient outcomes across many demographics, conditions, and treatments possible. The landscape of modern medicine would look entirely different without them. There might not be an effective antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis, for example, or the link between smoking and lung… Continue reading Importance of Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials: With Tips

A clinical trial is only as good as its patient population. So, if prospective patients aren’t aware of potential trials or participation criteria, they can’t access the potential benefits. Therefore, patient recruitment is one of the most essential aspects of clinical trials. Crucially, your patient recruiting marketing strategy determines whether those efforts are successful. Clinical… Continue reading Patient Recruitment Marketing: Direct-To-Consumer Methods via Traditional

Clinical research provides the foundation for improving patient care and producing life-saving treatments for conditions and diseases from lung cancer to gestational diabetes. However, this research cannot be tested, perfected, or applied without clinical trials. All too often, clinical trials fizzle without successful patient recruitment. Indeed, patient recruitment remains one of the research industry’s primary… Continue reading How Autocruitment Brings Visibility and Success Into Patient Recruitment Funnel

Two factors fundamentally affect clinical trial success: Patient recruitment and patient retention. Poor performance in either area prevents Contract Research Organizations (CROs), trial sites, and sponsors from collecting the results required to meet drug or treatment approval criteria. To succeed, life sciences and digital health companies must familiarize themselves with several challenges currently constraining clinical… Continue reading Managing Current Challenges in Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment and Enrollment