Editorial Perspectives On Patient Recruitment

  1. Not A Bad First Year 11/11/2024

    Dan Schell, chief Editor or Clinical Leader, summarizes his first year in this role and highlights some of his key takeaways and lists some of the people who have helped him better understand the clinical trials ecosystem. 

  2. Key Takeaways From Clinical Trial Diversity Discussion 9/24/2024

    During the Clinical Leader Live, The Diversity Mandate: Effective Strategies in Clinical Trials”, we discussed everything from the guidance, to diversity action plans, to the need for better data on race, ethnicity, and identity. In this article, we also share 25 questions audience members had regarding this hot topic.

  3. Government Contract Advances Walgreens In Clinical Space 8/1/2024

    Walgreen’s new $25 million deal with BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) is a huge win for the pharmacy chain. John Campbell, head of DCTs at Walgreens, explains the ins and outs of the study and what could be next for the company regarding its clinical trials division.

  4. Siteless DCTs Are Real … And Happening Now 6/20/2024

    Siteless DCTs (decentralized trials) are rare, but Praxis Precision Medicines is running one now for patients with essential tremor (ET). Marcio Souza, PharmD, the company’s president and CEO, talks about why they chose this model and the surprising speed at which it is progressing.

  5. How Takeda Leverages Cultural Competency Training To Improve Diversity 3/14/2024

    Karen Correa, VP, head global clinical operations at Takeda, details some uncommon ways the pharma is tackling the problem of diversity in clinical trials. 

  6. No Surprise: Patient Recruitment Still Sucks 2/14/2024

    Patient recruitment expert Ross Jackson talks about why this part of the clinical trials ecosystem is still a problem and offers up some solutions, specifically around digital/social media outreach.

  7. How Re-educating PIs Can Improve Clinical Trial Diversity 12/14/2023

    Usually, discussions around ways to improve diversity in clinical trials focus on changing traditional protocol-design processes, finding and tapping into larger pools of diverse patients, educating patients on the value of clinical trials — that type of stuff. You don't normally hear people talking about re-educating physicians as a solution.  

  8. Can Data Help Improve Diversity In Clinical Trials? 12/7/2023

    Denise Bronner Ph.D., director of diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical trials at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) talks about some of the types of datasets that can be leveraged to improve diversity in clinical trials.

  9. AI's Potential To Improve Clinical Operations, Trial Matching 8/11/2023

    Microsoft's Dr. Hoifung Poon explains how AI (specifically, large language models) can be used to improve patient care and clinical workflows by making it easier to match patients to trials.

  10. Improving Recruitment Through Community Engagement 8/1/2023

    UPMC's Dr. Ken Ho shares personal insights about effective community engagement, which allowed him to increase recruitment in the Pitt Men's Study by 35% in just six months.