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The Citruslabs blog covers all things clinical trial patient recruitment and retention as well as exciting news and developments in the medical research industry. Browse our recent posts or search for a topic you're interested in to learn more.
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Effect of a £7 million investment in Recruitment
Late last week, the UK government announced their plans to launch 5 new regional patient recruitment centres with an investment of...
Joanna Thomson
May 27, 20204 min read
4 patient recruitment mistakes hindering your research
As several states across the US start to open up again, and with the UK following suit in a matter of weeks, now is the time for...
Joanna Thomson
May 25, 20206 min read
COVIDsymptom trackers: Research Applications
In recent weeks, health technology company Zoe has partnered with King’s College London to create and launch their COVID-19 symptom...
Joanna Thomson
May 13, 20204 min read
Virtual clinical trials: why the future starts now
Late last week, Science 37 and AiCure announced a partnership that is now looking to support and deliver industry-leading technologies for..
Joanna Thomson
May 4, 20204 min read
Patient recruitment critical in clinical research now
Right now, 86% of clinical trials are not meeting their patient targets on time. While statistics like this won’t surprise industry...
Joanna Thomson
Mar 30, 20203 min read
Patient recruitment: the best automated assistants for 2020
Check out this list of our automated tools that will streamline your patient recruitment.
Joanna Thomson
Feb 4, 20205 min read
5 key steps to successful patient recruitment
Patient recruitment is essential to the success of any clinical trial. Research sites know that an adequate sample size is necessary for...
Marcus Heagney
Jan 29, 20204 min read
Fear of the doctor: how to destigmatize clinical trials
We all know that doctors and dentists are pain-loving Satanists. With their pointy needles and sharpened scalpels among their arsenal of...
Joanna Thomson
Jan 16, 20206 min read
Patient recruitment for Alzheimer’s clinical trials
It is no secret that patient recruitment in clinical trials is a problem. The statistics are grim: 15-20% of sites enroll ZERO (yes, zero) p
Susanne Mitschke
Dec 10, 20193 min read
What Stops People Joining Clinical Trials?
Recruiting patients has proven to be a struggle for many trials, with 15-20% of sites being unable to recruit even 1 patient (Lo, 2014)....
Gurleen Khaira
Nov 4, 20193 min read
5 Tips for Successful Patient Recruitment
With 80% of clinical trials failing to meet patient recruitment deadlines, it is clear that many sites struggle to attract patients to...
Gurleen Khaira
Oct 21, 20194 min read
5 Reasons to participate in Clinical Trials
Before we tell you why to take part in a clinical trial, we should tell you what a clinical trial actually is. A clinical trial is used...
Citruslabs Staff
Oct 7, 20193 min read
How to Recruit Patients for Your Alzheimer's Study
Research into Alzheimer’s has intensified over the last forty years, and it has given us a significant depth of knowledge and insight...
Citruslabs Staff
Jul 9, 20183 min read
5 Tips for Recruiting Seniors to Clinical Trials
Recruiting senior citizens presents no shortage of challenges to clinical trials organisers. Several studies have found that the over-65...
Citruslabs Staff
Jun 26, 20183 min read
5 Ways To Improve Your Patient Enrollment Strategy
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! Through five simple steps, you will be able to improve your patient enrollment.
Citruslabs Staff
Oct 20, 20173 min read
Metrics for using Social Media in Patient Recruitment
Social Media is very important for clinical trial recruitment. Learn what metrics matter to improve your patient recruitment efforts via onl
Citruslabs Staff
Sep 22, 20174 min read
How to recruit more Seniors for your clinical trial
Patient recruitment is tough. But, recruiting people 65+ is even tougher. Read here how CitrusLabs is recruiting patients 65+.
Citruslabs Staff
Sep 13, 20172 min read
Using Social Media for Clinical Trial Recruitment
Patient Recruitment & Social Media - learn how you can leverage your efforts.
Citruslabs Staff
Aug 2, 20172 min read
Using data to predict patient recruitment
Learn how you win the game of patient recruitment with data. Use Predictive Models and Historic data to recruit more patients faster.
Citruslabs Staff
Jul 24, 20172 min read
Top 5 Barriers of Patient Enrollment
Read about the top 5 barriers of patient enrollment and learn what you can do to mitigate these barriers.
Citruslabs Staff
Jul 20, 20172 min read
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