Patient Recruitment: How To Accelerate Enrollment

Patient recruitment is a cornerstone of successful clinical trials, yet it remains a significant hurdle. A staggering 80% of studies face recruitment-related delays, and alarmingly, half of all clinical sites enroll only one patient or none at all. Despite advancements in other areas of clinical research, patient recruitment continues to be a bottleneck. Traditional methods like physician referrals and local advertising are often insufficient for the demands of modern clinical trials and don't align with the increasing digitization of the field.

The good news is that this challenge is far from insurmountable. Digital recruitment strategies are revolutionizing the clinical trial landscape, offering real-time visibility and digitally coordinated pre-screening procedures that significantly accelerate enrollment. Specifically, five key strategies are empowering sponsors and CROs to streamline their recruitment efforts, optimizing their use of time, expenses, bandwidth, and ultimately, improving participant well-being.