Patient Recruitment
Patient recruitment is crucial for the success of any clinical trial. Identification of eligible patients ensures both timely execution of the trial and avoids selection bias.
ClinTec's team of Local Recruitment Specialists have been trained to offer tailored recruitment support packages to help sites cope with the challenges often faced in reaching recruitment targets.
Needs Assessment - Identify recruitment challenges early and implement creative solutions. This is achieved by close communication with your project team, protocol review, identification of the target patient population, awareness of study specific enrolment criteria and realisation of recruitment goals.
Message Assessment - Creation of a message that will attract prospective patients and generate the desired response in the target population is key.
Patient Outreach - Print and broadcast advertising, public service announcements, public relations campaigns, Internet outreach, advocacy relations, and other customized initiatives all help to reach recruitment goals. ClinTec’s Local Recruitment Specialist’s will advise on and implement support methods which will be of the greatest benefit to your sites.
Pre-Screening Activities - Communicate with potential research subjects, assess patient medical histories, and refer pre-qualified callers to the nearest research site.
Create an Environment of Real Time Data - Using recruitment planning tools allows the Local Recruitment Specialist to:-
- Monitor advertising effectiveness versus cost and allow for modification of strategy
- Analyse site performance and patient referrals in time to take remedial action
- Monitor demographic and geographic patient information
- Evaluate reasons for disqualification to allow for adjustment of inclusion/exclusion criteria.
All ClinTec’s patient recruitment activities are designed and conducted with the safety, ethics and data privacy of patients at the forefront.
