Category Archives: Patient Enrolment

Engage with your patients and win greater patient engagement

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

Part of what makes clinical trials efficient and successful are the smart decisions that are made about protocol design, site selection, staff training, technologies used, information provided and so on. Patients’ motivation for enrolment and perception of clinical trials play … Continue reading →

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Referring physicians: the overlooked resource for faster patient enrolment

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

It is widely known and understood that the no. 1 cause of delays in clinical trials is inefficient patient enrolment. The problem has become widespread and does not show any signs of abating. According to a TUFTS analysis, 48% of … Continue reading →

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Why do rare disease clinical trials face greater challenges and what are some solutions?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

Over 6,800 rare diseases such as Haemophilia, Tay Sach’s disease and Gaucher disease are affecting more than 25 million Americans. Still yet, there is limited understanding or knowledge of these debilitating, life threatening and progressive diseases. The Orphan Drug Act … Continue reading →

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Clinical Accelerator forms ClinAccel.Net

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

Clinical Accelerator forms ClinAccel.Net, a dedicated division focusing on expanding a network of partnering clinical research sites, and fast and efficient patient enrolment into clinical studies Douglas, February 28, 2017 – Clinical Accelerator, a clinical contract research organization with operations … Continue reading →

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Could Twitter Be a Recruitment Tool for Cancer Trials?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

According to Penn Medicine Researchers study’s, Twitter has the potential to promote patient recruitment into oncology clinical trials and increase the interest of patients [1]. Enrollment into clinical studies is crucial for the development of new treatment options for patients. … Continue reading →

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Boosting patient recruitment and retention in clinical trials – fresh approaches?

Posted on April 4, 2016 by

We hear much about ‘patient centricity’ and ‘empowering patients’ in clinical trials and research as well as everyday clinical practice.  This can be defined loosely as the process of designing a service or solution (e.g. a clinical trial) around the … Continue reading →

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Patient recruitment: is social media the cure for this headache?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

For decades, we have accepted that patient enrollment is the source of delays with cost implications that can make a trial fail. 10 years ago, social media may have seemed too unknown for clinical trial specialists to involve in recruitment. … Continue reading →

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