Patient Recruitment Incentives

Patient recruitment can be expensive in clinical trials, as this article states, it takes up approximately 23% of clinical trial resources and time lines. As such, companies are always looking for the right incentives to provide to patients, in order to get them to enroll in sometimes risky trials. According to a new study by Cutting Edge Information titled "Streamlining Clinical Trials", the number one incentive in patient recruitment was the possibility of receiving innovative treatment. This was followed by getting free medicine, and the number of "physicians visits that could be garnered from participation."