Clinical trials and Research Blog

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.

How Covid-19 slowed clinical studies, and How We can Help.

Morgan Carpenter

Mar 5, 2021
3 min

How Covid-19 slowed clinical studies, and How We can Help.

Since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, many clinical studies have experienced disruption in enrollment levels, or even stopped running...

Morgan Carpenter

Feb 5, 2021
2 min

What factors shape patient experience?

Ensuring a positive patient experience is a vital step in encouraging patient engagement and greatly reducing dropout rates. As such,...

Morgan Carpenter

Jan 29, 2021
3 min

What sets Citruslabs apart from others?

Clinical research is more important now than ever before, with the Covid-19 vaccine development greatly advancing the urgency of clinical...

How Citrus helps you tackle modern problems

Morgan Carpenter

Jan 15, 2021
3 min

How Citrus helps you tackle modern problems

Earlier this week, we explored the most common issues facing clinical trials today, both because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and...

Morgan Carpenter

Jan 11, 2021
3 min

Clinical trials challenges in 2021

Clinical trials have been greatly impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with the rapid establishment of new trials to study the...

4 ways Citrus can improve your clinical trial strategy

Joanna Thomson

Sep 28, 2020
4 min

4 ways Citrus can improve your clinical trial strategy

Ditch your spreadsheet with our world-leading patient recruitment software.

How to integrate tech into existing clinical trial metrics

Joanna Thomson

Sep 25, 2020
6 min

How to integrate tech into existing clinical trial metrics

With recent research suggesting that around 48% of clinical trials under-enroll, the industry must reevaluate clinical trial metrics.

5 ways Citrus can improve your clinical trial metrics

Joanna Thomson

Sep 21, 2020
4 min

5 ways Citrus can improve your clinical trial metrics

Researchers today have one, critical, recurring issue: an uncertainty over how to integrate these solutions into existing protocol.

Clinical trial recruitment: how to appeal to the elderly

Joanna Thomson

Sep 14, 2020
3 min

Clinical trial recruitment: how to appeal to the elderly

Worryingly, the research that will sustain the elderly population is failing to successfully complete essential clinical trials.

4 ways to increase site engagement and patient retention

Joanna Thomson

Sep 7, 2020
4 min

4 ways to increase site engagement and patient retention

Strong site engagement is at the heart of a patient-centric care program; and so it is vital that sites get it right.

3 lessons in patient retention we learned from lockdown

Joanna Thomson

Sep 4, 2020
5 min

3 lessons in patient retention we learned from lockdown

Due to the knock-on effects of lockdown, patient retention strategies used across the clinical research industry became practically useless.

News: $33.5m telehealth investment could resolve patient retention crisis

Joanna Thomson

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

News: $33.5m telehealth investment could resolve patient retention crisis

With Hazel Health reporting patient engagement highs of 70%, telehealth could hold the answers to the patient retention crisis.

5 reasons why Citrus is the ultimate patient retention tool

Joanna Thomson

Aug 31, 2020
4 min

5 reasons why Citrus is the ultimate patient retention tool

Clinical trials run on Citrus. Find out more about our industry-leading technology here.

Why automated assistants are the future of clinical trial recruitment

Joanna Thomson

Aug 17, 2020
5 min

Why automated assistants are the future of clinical trial recruitment

Sponsors want to invest in the future of healthcare and it is time that research sites give them a pretty good reason to invest long-term.

Clinical trials: 5 tips for getting FDA approval

Joanna Thomson

Aug 12, 2020
7 min

Clinical trials: 5 tips for getting FDA approval

FDA approval is inherently linked to patient recruitment issues; and it's up to research sites to solve these problems.

4 aims for heart health clinical trials in 2020

Joanna Thomson

Jul 31, 2020
6 min

4 aims for heart health clinical trials in 2020

Today, we lay out 4 aims for heart health clinical trials this year; and consider what research sites and clinical trial sponsors alike...

Citruslabs: the story of a patient recruitment company

Joanna Thomson

Jul 24, 2020
4 min

Citruslabs: the story of a patient recruitment company

Since 2015, our team has been hard at work raising awareness of clinical trials across the globe. Read more our history and aims here.

Big data and technological solutions for your clinical trial

Joanna

May 15, 2020
3 min

Big data and technological solutions for your clinical trial

The clinical trial ecosystem, Real World Evidence (RWE), relying on Real World Data (RWD), has reframed traditional clinical trials....

Gender bias: How your clinical research results could be irrelevant

Joanna Thomson

Mar 22, 2020
4 min

Gender bias: How your clinical research results could be irrelevant

We’re more than 100 years on from when Emily Davidson threw herself under King George V’s horse in the name of female rights - and yet the..

Patient retention strategies that actually work

Marcus Heagney

Jan 17, 2020
4 min

Patient retention strategies that actually work

Patient retention is one of the greatest challenges research sites face when conducting clinical trials. It’s a familiar obstacle to all...