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Boosting clinical trial recruitment through patient engagement

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Anushree Reddy

Over the years, many hands have been wrung over clinical trial recruitment – low participation rates are common and can bring down studies before they even get a chance to begin.Countless researchers have attempted to address the problem, yet it remains a significant stumbling block. Clinical Research Training studies are always in need of volunteers. Without these volunteers, medications and treatments cannot be approved by the concerned authorities and thus cannot reach the patients.  Apart from gaining access to a potential treatment for a particular disease, other perks include receiving care at the topmost facilities, helping science, and making a potential impact on all those living in that particular condition. These studies generally offer generous compensation for your participation.

 

Difficult to find, harder to understand

 

For the average person, clinical trials have traditionally been difficult to find and even harder to understand. But things are starting to move on thanks to shifts in thinking and advances in technology.Some companies are taking transparency one step further by building sites that direct unsuitable candidates to alternative trials sponsored by rivals.

The most commonly asked question by the volunteers of any clinical trial recruitment process is the protection given to them.  There are a number of measures that are taken to ensure that the participants of the trial are well protected and safe during the trial. The concerned authorities constantly review the protocols of every trial to ensure that it is done ethically and the patients' rights are protected. Apart from this, the FDA provides oversight for clinical trial testing of medical devices or drugs. Prior to human clinical trials, the FDA reviews the applications for the new treatments and medications to ensure that the studies and researches have protections in place for the volunteers. The completely informed consent forms of the patients are one of the most important pieces of the puzzle of any clinical trial that protects the volunteers.  Any changes in the mind of the volunteers enable them to withdraw from the trail immediately, ensuring their complete safety.

Conclusion

Clinical research trainings are given to every professional involved in the trial. Clinical research trainings are continuously updated based on the disease and development of technology to ensure the complete safety of the participants of the trial.

 

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