Patient Recruitment Featured Articles

  1. New Law Expected To Boost Clinical Research In Brazil 6/19/2024

    Approved in May 2024, Law 14.874/24 aims to streamline the assessment process for clinical trials, reduce bureaucratic obstacles, and improve assessment predictability in Brazil.

  2. Going Beyond Generative AI And Templates To Create Informed Consent Documents 6/18/2024

    Informed consent documents (ICDs) should be easy to understand. More often, they are long and complex. Consultant Kamila Novak details how to create ICDs that actually meet patients' needs.

  3. 4 Tips For Diverse Recruiting In Dermatologic Clinical Trials 6/17/2024

    Diverse patient recruitment in dermatologic clinical trials is imperative for addressing health disparities and advancing equitable care. Alain Michon, MD defines those disparities, describes why they exist, and offers four tips for offering underserved patients better care.

  4. 2 Ways To Make Eligibility Checklists More Meaningful 6/10/2024

    Why do ineligible participants make it into a study? Poorly designed eligibility checklist could be to blame. Consultant Kamila Novak shares two easy ways to make them more successful.

  5. Semantics Matter: DCTs And An Industry Decentralized 6/4/2024

    Has the term "DCT" fallen out of favor? And if it has — especially among sites — what should take its place? Daniel J. Fox, MPH, Ph.D., clinical site advocate and entrepreneur, advocates for a more accurate and equitable moniker: DCV.

  6. 5 Strategies To Increase Enrollment Of Black Women In Clinical Trials 5/30/2024

    Research has shown 80% of Black women are interested in clinical trials, but enrollment numbers don't match up. GCI Health's Kianta Key addresses barriers and offers five ways to increase the women's presence in clinical trials.

  7. FDA Issues New Draft Guidances On Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria 5/28/2024

    Understand the latest FDA guidance on cancer clinical trials with summary and content from Marjorie Zettler, Ph.D., MPH.

  8. Site Selection Directly Impacts Diverse Patient Enrollment In Rare Disease 5/23/2024

    Adaptive Research Inc.'s Deepak Behera, MD and Melissa Andrews make the case for community trial sites as the go-to source for ensuring more diverse patient populations in rare disease clinical trials.

  9. Mom And CCRP Identifies Must-Haves For Pediatric Trials 5/22/2024

    Mom and CCRP Samantha Sharpe shares her pediatric patient recruitment and retention tips as well as practical advice from the viewpoint of a parent and clinical trial participant.

  10. MS Research In Black And Hispanic/Latinx Communities Reveals Patient Wants And Needs 5/21/2024

    Two multiple sclerosis experts discuss the implications of a first-ever clinical trial by Genentech designed exclusively to broaden the current understanding of MS in Black and Hispanic/Latinx people.