People don't Always Realize that the Origin of Clinical Trials lies in the Natural World
Many of us will have seen claims on the internet that ‘big pharma’ is preventing the use of natural treatments by forcing the medical profession to buy their expensive drugs rather than ...
One of the Potential Benefits of Trial Participation is an Ongoing 'Well Person' Health Check
While we’re not allowed to coerce people into taking part in trials, there are things we can highlight that should help encourage interest, at least. The fact the participant is ‘doing good’ ...
Might a Patient Recruitment Agent Service be Useful for Matching Patients to Trials?
We live in an age where the work of all kinds of service-based agents has been eroded by the rise of self-service activities. I often book my own travel rather than using a travel agent. ...
Regulations around Clinical Trials Appear to be Designed to Ensure their Failure
I was in Brussels recently, where I visited the European Parliament, which got me thinking about the impact on clinical research that comes about as a result of government organizations ...
Trial Participants Should Receive Better and Easier to Understand Communications
Communication with trial participants is one of the areas you’d expect to work well when it comes to clinical trials. Keeping patients informed about what’s going on would appear to be an ...
Communications Between Trial Operations Stakeholders Need to Improve
One of the issues that frequently comes up when looking at the problems of patient recruitment and retention is that of communication. Or, more accurately I guess, lack of or bad or ...
Why Don't we Collect Feedback from People who Drop out of Trials?
Coming from a background where customer experience methodology is used extensively to determine why people don’t like a particular product or service, it’s always intrigued me as to why ...
Informed Consent is an Ongoing Process - Not a One-off Procedure
The consent process in clinical trials - more formally designated the Informed Consent process - is a key element in getting participants involved. Without a signed Informed Consent Form ...
IRBs / ECs play an Important Role in the Patient Recruitment Process
When trying to recruit patients for trials, it can seem as though the Institutional Review Board, or Ethics Committee, acts as a barrier to success. Looking from a marketing perspective, the ...
Collaborate with your Vendors for Continuous Improvement in Results
Having looked at some of the main metrics that sponsors will want to keep track of from the patient recruitment vendor, the next stage in the process is to discuss the results and attempt to ...

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