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Patient Recruitment for Clinical Drug Trials

Companies providing services in patient recruitment.
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ClinicalTrialMedia.com
Study Subject Recruitment
Reach over 235,000 people that are searching for your clinical trials.
www.ClinicalConnection.com
Patient Recruitment
Clinical Trials Volunteers Wanted Clinical Research - Charleston, SC
www.CoastalCarolinaResearch.com
Maximize Site Performance
Site Centric - Patient Recruitment One contact, results, next study...
www.ClinicalSiteServices.com
Study Candidates
Phase I, II, III Clinical Trials HIPAA Compliant & Consentable
EnrollmentSciences.Com
Patient Recruitment Mktg
Recruit The Right Patients! Attend Our 2 Day Seminars Across The US.
www.HealthcareSuccess.com
Patient Recruiting
Effective media campaigns for recruiting patients for studies.
www.tprausa.com
Global Clinical Trial?
Patient Recruitment: Global Experience for Global Results
www.MediciGlobal.com
Healthy Volunteers
Are you a healthy male or female between 18 & 60? Sign up now.
www.wccTrials.com
Great Patient Recruitment
Specialists Fill Your Study Fast Avoid Costly Delays, Great ROI
www.gopraxis.com
Clincal Trial e-Forms
Automated handwritten mobile forms software for Tablet PCs
www.mi-corporation.com
Quintiles Clinical Trials
Therapeutic Expertise, Accelerated Recruitment for Study Sponsors.
www.quintiles.com
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BBK Patient Recruitment
Clinical trial patient recruitment. We provide complete, creative marketing communications solutions for the healthcare medical marketplace.
www.bbkhealthcare.com
Clinical Trials Call Center
Clinical trials patient and site communications solutions from our 21 cfr 11 call center.
www.phonescreen.com(Paid)
ClinicalTrials.com
Source for information for current clinical trials being conducted nationwide as well as contact information.
www.clinicaltrials.com
MedFocus
Services in data management, SAS programming, biostatistics, clinical site monitoring and clinical project management.
www.medfocus.com
Pharmaceutical Research Plus
Specializes in accelerated patient recruitment for clinical trials.
www.prpi.com
Trial Builder
Provider of patient recruitment services for clinical research studies. Designs radio, television, print, mail and Internet advertising to attract patients who match the study's protocol.
www.trialbuilder.com
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center
Patient recruitment and public liaison office is a service offered by the Center at the National Institutes of Health.
www.cc.nih.gov
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We work with your trial sites to maximize advertising ROI. Learn how
ClinicalTrialMedia.com
Study Subject Recruitment
Reach over 235,000 people that are searching for your clinical trials.
www.ClinicalConnection.com
Patient Recruitment
Clinical Trials Volunteers Wanted Clinical Research - Charleston, SC
www.CoastalCarolinaResearch.com

Guide to Patient Recruitment for Clinical Drug Trials

Patient recruitment for clinical drug trials can determine the success or failure of the clinical trial


Patient recruiting is the most important part of a clinical trial. Each clinical trial has specific requirements for patients. If a trial is unable to recruit enough patients to complete the clinical trial, it can derail the entire project. It is not enough to recruit patients, they must remain in the study. Proper patient selection increases the retention rate.

Clinical trial recruitment is a multiple staged process, and each step has its own difficulties.

1. Patient recruitment includes feasibility studies and media analysis to determine the best way to target the study population.

2. Healthcare information specialists conduct patient pre-screening, gathering data from study candidates to determine if they meet study qualifications. The internet and telephone are often used in the pre-screening process.

3. Convert pre-screened applicants into study participants.

4. Use retention planning to ensure that study participants continue to show up for study visits.

Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Use a patient recruitment agency There are agencies that specialize in patient recruitment for clinical drug trials. Because this is all that they do, they have the advantage of knowing how to effectively pre-screen patients, find study participants for difficult to fill trials and maximize participant retention.

I recommend:  ThreeWire and Inclinix are both established patient recruitment agencies. Using an established firm eases the stress of patient recruitment. Clinical trials rely heavily on these agencies to fill their studies.

Purchase patient recruitment advertising on the radio, in magazines and newspapers and on television Clinical trials patient recruitment is tedious. To increase the likelihood of filling a study, cast a wide net. Media advertising allows you to reach people that would otherwise know nothing about clinical drug trials.

I recommend:  A patient recruitment advertising company, such as Clinical Trial Media, has experience targeting specific demographics and conducting media analysis to receive the best return on your investment. If you prefer to handle the media purchasing yourself, there are guidelines for determining what type of media will best meet your needs.

Use a phone screening service to simplify patient recruiting The most work intensive part of developing a clinical trial is patient recruitment. Clinical trials are necessary for drug approval, so it is important to expedite the process as much as possible. A phone screening service narrows the field of candidates. The participants that pass this pre-screening are more likely to convert from candidates to study participants.

I recommend:  PhoneScreen provides over the telephone screening for prospective participants in clinical trials. Pre-screening is a specialized skill, and you should be well versed in the requirements if you choose to do the pre-screening yourself.

Find patients that are actively looking for clinical trial recruitment There are two types of people that actively look for clinical trials, the ill, searching for a new type of treatment, and the healthy, looking for a stipend.

I recommend:  If you are looking for people to fill a clinical trial, post information on your trial at Clinical Connection. Center Watch also provides a listing service that people seeking clinical trials can visit.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
  • If you choose to hire a patient recruiting agency, inquire about their average per patient cost.
  • Clinical trials patient recruitment is big business. Verify that the agency you work with is HIPPA compliant, and any information about your subjects remains with your company.
  • You can use patient recruitment agencies for some or all of the study set up. You can handle initial recruitment, and contract the patient retention, or have an outside company handle pre-screening.

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By Amy Hunter
Patient recruitment for clinical drug trials can determine the success or failure of the clinical trial.
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