Seasonality: A Factor For Successful Patient Recruitment

By Nikhil Bhanumathi

Managing clinical trials requires extensive planning of patient enrollment. Clinical trials may be more cost-effective with better forecasts of recruitment. A variety of circumstances influence the enrollment of subjects. Several factors to consider, including the rarity of the condition being examined, the capacity of the trial sites to recruit participants, and the degree of study team motivation, are just a few that come immediately to a clinical lead’s mind. In addition, the impact of the seasons on the patient flow is often ignored while estimating the potential of subject recruitment unless the proposed study is of any seasonal diseases, like the common cold or flu.