Archive: Patient Experience

Patient-reported outcomes can help optimize clinical trial design and improve study results.

Digital clinical trials are dramatically boosting patient enrollment – now it’s time for sponsors and CROs to focus on retention.

With increased convenience and a more streamlined flow of information, eConsent offers benefits for patients and clinical trial investigator sites alike.

While the Right-to-Try Act may appear to have a patient-centric focus, it will likely increase risk for seriously ill patients and weaken the FDA’s power to protect patients taking experimental medication.

Clinical trials that reach out to patients in their own homes and local doctors’ offices are expected to see a boost in enrollment.

A recent study shows that, while there is still progress to be made, clinical trials are implementing new tools to boost patient engagement.

In order to improve patient enrollment, clinical trials are teaming up with ride sharing services to alleviate transportation-related issues.

Advanced data analytics, improved demographic targeting, and patient engagement initiatives should be top-of-mind for sponsors looking to improve clinical trial efficiency in the coming year. 

Clinical trials are still struggling to recruit and retain participants, which results not only in staggering costs for trial sponsors, but also prevents patients from gaining access to new treatments and medications – and the solution could be as simple as candidate education.

From studies in the New England Journal of Medicine to this touching report in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, studies continue to show that one of the greatest motivators for patient participation in clinical trials is the individual’s desire to be a part of medical breakthroughs and help improve the healthcare system not