Patient burden as an operational metric of clinical trial success
Patient advocate Christine Von Raesfeld says patient burden should join trial metrics such as cost and regulatory compliance....
30 September, 2025
Recruitment
WHO’s bold move to make clinical trials fairer for all
Clinical trials often face low accrual and retention, and involving communities in their planning and conduct is crucial to build public trust and rectify this issue....
11 July, 2025
Ethical Violations in Clinical Research: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future
This article explores the evolution of ethical standards in clinical research, emphasizing historical violations and contemporary challenges....
16 June, 2025
The Future Of Clinical Trials Is Neurodiverse
Clinical research has a talent problem, and the future of this industry depends on how we respond. It’s not just about recruitment or retention....
02 June, 2025
Study shows importance of autonomy in social media recruitment for clinical trials
Clinical trials are a crucial step in medical research, and without adequate numbers of participants, treatments can be delayed or prevented from reaching the health care market. ...
22 May, 2025
Walking the fine line between fairness and inducement when compensating participants
Long-standing concerns over if, when, and how to compensate clinical trial participants for the time and effort they put into studies are akin to a “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” dilemma for many research practitioners. ...
10 April, 2025
Who will volunteer for clinical trials now?
The erosion of trust will devastate drug trial recruitment....
12 March, 2025
Understanding motives behind participation in cancer clinical trials
A recent study of 978 cancer patients and their relatives uncovered reasons behind their willingness, or lack thereof, to participate in clinical research....
30 January, 2025
Young people are crucial to research — how can they be paid fairly?
Children and teenagers bring unique value to research as advisers and participants — raising ethical and practical issues about how best to compensate them....
20 January, 2025
Actionable Diversity Plans for Clinical Trial Recruitment and Retention
Diversity action plans—focused on enrolling representative numbers of participants in clinical trials from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic populations—are part of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance published in April 2022....
01 July, 2024
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