Recruitment And Diversity

  1. AI Can Help Design Better Trials, But It Still Can't Tell You Whether Patients Will Join Them 6/25/2026

    AI is changing the way clinical trial trials are discussed, planned, and designed. But even with an improved protocol, are AI-enhanced trials driving better enrollment?

  2. Lessons In Pivoting From A Clinical Trial Launch In Uganda 6/3/2026

    Gates MRI researchers share how they navigated supply chain challenges, an Ebola outbreak, and evolving regional malaria vaccination strategies to successfully execute a malaria clinical trial in Uganda.

  3. Expanding Access To Cell Therapy Trials Beyond AMCs And Into The Community 6/1/2026

    CEO Paul J. Hastings discusses Nkarta's decision to bring outpatient dosing into the community setting, including how it communicated with the FDA on safety and how the changes will improve patient access. 

  4. Taking On Patient Recruitment From Another Angle — The Payer 5/28/2026

    Medzown CEO Jennifer Carter, MD, discusses the challenge of patient recruitment and how coalescing around clinical care data might be a better “in” for recruitment. 

  5. Clinical Trial Ads, Informed Consent, And Half-Hearted Regulation 5/27/2026

    Should informed consent really start with clinical trials ads? And if not, why do IRBs need to be involved in their approval? Paul Ivisin unravels the tangled web of IRBs, regulators, and clinical trial advertisements.

  6. How Did You End Up In Clinical Research? 5/20/2026

    To commemorate Clinical Trials Day, we asked clinical researchers to share their story, answering, "How did you get into clinical research?"

  7. When AI Agents Start Researching Trials On Behalf Of Patients, What Happens? 5/13/2026

    Right now, patients are using AI agents to find clinical trials. But soon enough, these AI tools will be doing it on their own and feeding patients the results. Recruitment expert Ross Jackson discusses this shift and what it will mean for sponsors.

  8. The U.S. Clinical Trial Recruiting Pipeline Report – May 2026 5/12/2026

    This WhichTrial report breaks down which drug trials are growing the most and the least, drugs that are no longer being studied, and new drugs to the clinic from March 7 to May 1, 2026. 

  9. Static Reimbursement Structures Aren't Enough. Patients Need Whole-Person Support 4/27/2026

    Fixed patient reimbursement isn't enough, says Donna Libretti Cooke, Erin Miller, and Jeanne M. Regnante. To truly care for patients and support their participation in a clinical trial, they need whole-person support.

  10. Justice In Human Participant Research: Reinterpreting Belmont For Contemporary Clinical Trials 4/23/2026

    Experienced IRB professional Stephanie Pyle revisits the Belmont Report to consider what its principle of “justice” means for research studies developed and conducted today.