Enhanced Communication with Clinical Trial
Patients results in lower drop-out rates

Enhancing Patient Recruitment & Patient Retention in Clinical Trials

Patient recruitment issues and patient drop-out during a Clinical Trial are one of the major factors causing Trial timelines to be failed.

It is not uncommon to see a drop-out rate of 20-30% in trials with a longer follow-up period.

And with less than 20% of clinical trials currently completed on time, largely due to patient recruitment issues, Patient retention is a key challenge facing most clinical studies.

This introductory workshop will identify and discuss factors which can enhance both Patient Recruitment and Patient Retention in Clinical Studies. A key challenge will be to make Clinical Trials more ‘patient centric’. We will be bringing in ideas from outside Pharma to enable a discussion on how the interaction with Patients (Organisations) could benefit the Trial process.
Together with your team of Clinical Trial Specialists, we will be exploring if, and how online communication methods can be incorporated into your existing procedures in order to reduce Patient drop-out and thus to keep your Trial within timelines and budget.
Focus in this workshop will be on how online communication pathways to both Investigators and Trial Participants can strengthen Site and Patient relationships.

Experience from ‘general’ online Communities will be shared to explore how this might benefit Patient motivation in a study.

We will discuss “do’s” and “don’t” when using online Communication tools, especially when communicating to Trial Subjects. We will show examples of what might work (and what doesn’t), and how to fit this into your regulatory requirements.

For whom?

This workshop is intended for anybody involved in:
• Study Design & Setup
• Marketing & Communication
• Site & Patient Management
• Data Management
• Regulatory

The duration of this introductory workshop is 2 hours and is held as in-house course. The ideal number of participants is around 6 to 12. Cost is € 495 per workshop (a discount for academic or not-for-profit research groups might apply).