Evolution or Revolution? How Clinical Trial Recruitment Is Moving from Traditional Patient Referrals to Fully Consented Patient Enrollment

How vital is clinical trial patient recruitment to the overall success of a clinical research study? Critical enough that an entire industry has emerged to expand clinical trial access and accelerate clinical trial enrollment for study sponsors and CROs. And while the majority of these providers follow a traditional recruitment model designed to deliver large numbers of pre-screened and partially qualified patient referrals to clinical trial sites, innovators such as Science 37 are fundamentally transforming the traditional model to produce even greater enrollment velocity by identifying, screening, and delivering fully qualified and consented patients. Understanding this important distinction holds the key to uncovering new clinical trial opportunities and overcoming today’s clinical trial participation challenges.