Patient Recruitment/Retention Featured Articles

  1. First-In-Human Porcine Kidney Transplant Trial Builds On Expanded Access Success 4/13/2026

    eGenesis CEO Mike Curtis discusses the first-in-human trial of EGEN-2784, which they're studying whether a porcine kidney can restore near-normal quality of life while awaiting a human transplant.

  2. Bridging Language And Medicine: Best Practices In French Regulatory Medical Writing 3/27/2026

    Poor translations are not just clunky. They can be risky. Medical-linguistic consultant Farah Ayadi, PharmD, explains its implications for safety, regulatory submissions, and downstream operational or financial outcomes.

  3. What To Look For In Rare Disease Partnerships, With Origami's Beth Hoffman 3/17/2026

    Origami Therapeutics CEO Beth Hoffman shares how the company took both a measured and a gut-feeling approach to finding the right partner to supports its development of protein degraders for neurodegenerative diseases.

  4. Wanted: More Women For Clinical Trials 3/13/2026

    A new national survey from UPMC’s Center for Connected Medicine examines why women remain underrepresented in clinical trials. The research highlights key barriers such as fear of side effects, time and travel burdens, and limited awareness about how trials work. In a conversation with UPMC’s Nicole Ansani, we explore what sites and sponsors can do to make trials more accessible and appealing to women.

  5. PolarityBio Loosens I/E And Taps Many Provider Types To Reach More Patients 3/13/2026

    Discover how PolarityBio widened enrollment criteria and even developed improved delivery model to better serve investigators and patients in its Phase 3 trial for diabetic foot ulcers.

  6. Patient-Powered Drug Trials Are Getting The FDA Greenlight 3/12/2026

    Patient- and parent-led drug development is on the rise, with the latest effort securing FDA clearance for a gene therapy trial. Yet, they are largely invisible. Buffalo Initiative plans to change that.

  7. Site-Centric First, Patient-Centric Always 2/25/2026

    At the 2026 SCOPE Summit, Boehringer Ingelheim’s Wouter Daniels argued that true patient centricity begins with site centricity. Daniels shared how Boehringer’s engagement efforts have accelerated studies by months and saved millions — proof that patient focus delivers measurable business and operational value.

  8. Clinical Trials Need Fewer Barriers And More Humans 2/24/2026

    At the SCOPE Summit, Tina Karunaratne and Elizabeth Tabor discussed the gaps that still limit clinical trial access — from patient navigation and education to the need for real human support alongside AI tools. They also highlighted the importance of networking, professional visibility, and moving beyond conference talking points to actionable solutions that connect both patients and the people who make research possible.

  9. Time Is Lives: How Collaboration And Urgency Are Rewriting The Future Of Rare Disease 2/19/2026

    The inflection point has arrived, says Rob Freishtat, MD, MPH. Understand how collaboration will rewrite how we think of rare disease clinical research.

  10. AI Trial Matching Comes Of Age At City Of Hope 2/19/2026

    City of Hope has embedded an internally trained AI platform into oncology care and research workflows, helping clinicians summarize complex patient histories and match patients to clinical trials in real time. By reducing manual review and accelerating feasibility assessments across its national network, the system is improving trial access, easing clinician workload, and shifting more time back to patient care.