Benchmarking Patient Recruitment and Retention Practices

Area of Science:

• Clinical research operations
• Biopharmaceutical industry
• Global health studies

Background:

• Patient recruitment and retention are critical challenges in clinical trial execution.
• Previous research highlighted persistent difficulties in meeting enrollment targets.
• Benchmarking current practices against historical data is essential for progress.

Purpose of the Study:

• To benchmark patient recruitment and retention practices in global clinical trials.
• To compare current data with findings from a study conducted 7 years prior.
• To identify trends and variations in enrollment and retention strategies.

Main Methods:

• Data collection focused on patient and site enrollment metrics.
• Analysis included recruitment and retention tactics employed in clinical trials.
• Comparative analysis was performed between data from 2012 and 2019.

Main Results:

• A higher proportion of studies met or exceeded planned enrollment in 2019 compared to previous research.
• Significant global differences were observed in site activation rates.
• Variations in target to actual enrollment rates were noted across different regions.

Conclusions:

• Clinical trial enrollment performance has shown improvement.
• Global disparities in site activation and enrollment rates persist.
• Further research is recommended to evaluate the effectiveness of specific recruitment and retention tactics worldwide.