Patient Recruitment/Retention Featured Articles

  1. A Couple's Plan To Revamp Poland's Clinical Trial System 6/11/2024

    Hanna and Artur Preus collected and analyzed 3,208 questionnaires from patients, pharma companies, CROs, site staff, and private companies to identify the shortcomings in the Polish clinical trials system and then make recommendations on how to improve it.

  2. How DIA Continues To Enhance Its Global Annual Meeting 6/3/2024

    After his first year at the helm of DIA, president and CEO, Marwan Fathallah, talks about some of the key changes and highlights at this year’s global annual meeting. 

  3. Medical Affairs: Unlocking Insights To Drive Innovation, Access, And Value 6/3/2024

    Medical affairs (MA) professionals are playing an increasingly dynamic, strategic role across the innovation life cycle. Astellas Pharma Executive Vice President, Head Medical Affairs Shontelle Dodson explains.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. The Best Advice I Ever Got: Patient Centricity 5/21/2024

    To commemorate Clinical Trials Day 2024, Clinical Leader heard from those most invested in and concerned with keeping the patient as the focus.

  8. The Art Of Listening: Strategies For Meaningful Patient Engagement 5/17/2024

    Are you truly listening to patients? Discover what it means to be a good listener in the clinical trial setting with The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Associate Director of Research Engagement Carol Chapman, MPH.

  9. Competitors Need To Collaborate On Digital Biomarkers 5/15/2024

    Regeneron’s second annual Digital Biomarkers Summit is a good example of how competing pharma companies can work together in a noncompetitive environment for the industrywide goal of advancing the use of digital biomarkers in clinical trials.

  10. Best Practices For Trial Design And Site Selection In Pediatric Clinical Trials 5/14/2024

    “Children are not small adults," reminds Katie Smentek, MD, a PI at Mankato Clinic. Here, Smentek shares her advice for designing trials and selecting sites for pediatric patients.