Patient Recruitment Featured Articles

31. "Study Within A Study" Reveals Best Recruitment Strategies For Alzheimer's Trials 1/20/2026

    In this Q&A, Acumen Pharmaceuticals shares findings from its Alzheimer's recruitment study, highlighting what efforts proved the most fruitful.

32. Endpoints, Procedures, And Deviations Are On The Rise — Why? 1/20/2026

    SCRS Chief Site Success Officer Jimmy Bechtel, MBA, and Tufts CSDD Executive Director Ken Getz, MBA, discuss why they're on the rise explore ways to address, and even accept, them. 

33. Confronting "Time Toxicity" In Global Oncology And Rare Disease Trials For Operational Excellence And Patient Retention 1/14/2026

    Time is the only truly finite resource in a clinical trial. Consultant Leila Cupersmith discusses how sponsors can better design trials with a lower time burden to boost enrollment, retention, and overall operational excellence.

34. The Case For Research-Naive PIs 1/9/2026

    Carrie Lewis, executive director, clinical program optimization, at Keenova (formerly Endo) explains why research-naive PIs may improve trial quality, challenge assumptions about ROI, and help fix a shrinking investigator pipeline.

35. Researchers Want A Design Shake-Up In 2026 1/7/2026

    When asked what clinical research professionals should leave behind in 2025, quite a few lamented the stale, even problematic, approach to clinical trial design. Here's what they want done differently in 2026.

36. The Site Perspective: Why Ambient AI Is The Missing Link In Clinical Trial Data Integrity 12/10/2025

    Discover how AI ambient listening has changed the way Mikel Daniels, DPM, MBA, and his team conduct clinical research at WeTreatFeet Podiatry. 

37. Designing Patient-Centric Recruitment Pathways With Real-Time Adherence Insights 12/8/2025

    Learn how digital adherence solutions can enable real-time monitoring and site-level oversight to improve patient engagement and protocol compliance.

38. Patient Input Is A Must — Even Under Time And Money Constraints 12/4/2025

    Stacie J. Bell, PhD, chief clinical research officer of Lupus Therapeutics, discusses the positive impacts patient advocacy groups can have on patient recruitment, patient retention, protocol design, and more.

39. Digital Biomarkers Are Reshaping Alzheimer's Patient Experience And Data 11/26/2025

    Cognito CEO Christian Howell shares how EEG and digital biomarkers are reshaping recruitment, patient experience, and the quality of study data in Alzheimer’s research.

40. 'ONE In A MILLION' Aims To Bridge The Equity Gap In Clinical Trials 11/20/2025

    Tigerlily Foundation is launching its "ONE in a MILLION" national public-private partnership to engage one million people in high-risk communities with clinical research.