Increasing Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trials

We understand your pain.

We know that difficulties in patient enrollment delay 81% of all clinical trials up to six months, and another five percent even longer. We know that these delays cost billions of dollars and prevent potentially helpful drugs from being cleared. Patient recruitment barriers, including negative perceptions of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), fears of side effects, and the lack of awareness of clinical trials are at the heart of the problem.

But there are two positive signs:i

This program also offers:

  • 1.) The majority (83%) of individuals believe that it is “essential” or “very important” to test new treatments on humans before they're approved for use, and 96% of individuals that have participated in a clinical trial report having a positive experience. ii
  • 2.) Over 50% of individuals that have participated in a clinical trial did so at the suggestion of their physician,iii and 92% of clinical trial participants learned about their clinical trail from their physician.iv

SMI Point-of-Care Patient Recruitment programs put your clinical trials in the middle of trusted patient-physician relationships, and provide the physician endorsement you need for success.

Specifically, we help CROs and study coordinators:

  • Create awareness amongst physicians and potential participants about specific trials
  •  Identify potential participants and obtain contact information for those that express interest in participating
  •  Accelerate the clinical trial recruitment and enrollment process
  •  Reduce per-patient recruitment costs for every trial phase
  • Gain physician endorsement for specific trials

Download a case study to see how we helped a leading CRO raise awareness about clinical trials and increase patient enrollment.

iApplied Clinical Trials, 2007
iiApplied Clinical Trials, 2007
iiiApplied Clinical Trials, 2007
ivApplied Clinical Trials, 2007

Testimonials

"SMI’s exam table program is a very effective and affordable for clinical trial patient recruitment. Clinical trial messaging on Exam Table Paper initiates a dialogue between patients and study staff about clinical research. The depth and breadth of SMI's physician database allows you to penetrate difficult therapeutic areas for trials such as oncology and pediatrics. I highly recommend this high impact, low cost tactic for clinical trial patient recruitment."

Scott Ballenger, RPh
Founder
Trial Acceleration Institute, Inc.

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