Patient Recruitment Featured Articles

  1. When Survival Comes First, Trials Come Last 8/1/2025

    Infectious disease PI Dr. Claudia Martorell has long focused on recruiting underserved populations into clinical trials. But amid healthcare cuts, economic instability, and a retreat from DEI initiatives, she’s now watching access unravel. In this interview, Martorell shares what happens when survival takes priority over research — and why diversity in trials is once again at risk.

  2. J&J Taps Tau-Based Diagnostics To Improve Alzheimer's Disease Trial Design And Enrollment 7/31/2025

    Johnson & Johnson's Fiona Elwood, Ph.D., discusses the potential of tau-based diagnostics to help design better trials and improve patient enrollment in Alzheimer's disease studies.

  3. Age Restrictions In Clinical Trials Unjustly Harm Adults With Childhood Cancer 7/28/2025

    How old is too old for a pediatric cancer trial? Mom-turned-patient advocate Rosemary Sherrod argues that too-stringent age criteria wrongly exclude pediatric cancer patients as they approach adulthood.

  4. Imunon Talks Passionate PIs, Endpoint Selection In Frontline Ovarian Cancer Trials 7/9/2025

    IMUNON CEO Stacy Lindborg, Ph.D. details the company’s successes in site selection, as well as trial design and execution, in Phase 2 and 3 trials for IMNN-001, a frontline treatment for ovarian cancer.

  5. Dear Pharma, The Creator Economy Is NOT Only For Beauty 7/7/2025

    Empactful Ventures CEO Denise N. Bronner has a message for pharma when it comes to influencer marketing: Adapt or become invisible. Here, she details the hazards of overlooking this powerful media channel.

  6. Accurate Diagnosis And Enrollment Criteria Improve Intracerebral Hemorrhage Research 7/2/2025

    CEO Marc Deschamps shares how ischemic stroke treatment has overshadowed that of intracerebral hemorrhage, negatively impacting recruitment for ICH clinical trials. To turn the tide, he advocates for accurate diagnoses, more specialized care, and less restrictive enrollment criteria.

  7. Hey, What's The Big Idea? Patient Enrollment Utterly Reimagined, That's What 7/1/2025

    What do air traffic control, nuclear power plants, and aircraft carriers have in common? Patient recruitment expert Tatty Scott argues clinical researchers should look at these industries to inspire more precise trial execution.

  8. PI's CRAACO Model + AI = Rapid Enrollment 6/30/2025

    At Dr. David Almeida’s clinical trial site in Erie, PA, he practices the CRAACO model exclusively, relying on the revenue he makes from conducting clinical trials for eye-related diseases. To minimize his costs and speed up trial enrollment, he uses a proprietary AI system that has given him an 85% screen-to-enroll ratio.

  9. BioMarin Generates Patient Experience Data With Early And Often Engagement 6/18/2025

    BioMarin Pharmaceutical's Ebony Dashiell-Aje, Ph.D., discusses how early and often patient engagement facilitates rich patient experience data generation.

  10. J&J Survey Of Oncologists Reveals Challenges With Awareness & Access 6/12/2025

    J&J President, U.S. Solid Tumor Biljana Naumovic discusses the company's Oncology Care Index, which revealed issues with oncology provider awareness of and access to clinical trials.