The Future Of Infectious Disease Research: Local Site-Based Clinical Trials With A Decentralized Twist

When it comes to participant recruitment for infectious disease clinical research, it is imperative to reach viable candidate pools. Infectious disease studies often involve enrolling patients that are actively experiencing symptoms or are within a specific window of treatment, making recruitment time-sensitive. However, oftentimes, patients go to primary care physicians, urgent care, and local clinics when they suspect they are ill rather than prestigious research centers that may be conducting studies on their specific illness; making recruitment at research centers from walk-in cases extremely unlikely.