Clinical trials are designed to collect, organize and analyze participant data, in a way that is as efficient as possible. The aggregation of diverse human experience, across the world, is the underlying source of the data sets that drives progress in clinical R&D.
But a clinical trial cannot run successfully if we don’t take special care of the patients (and their caregivers) that make the data collection possible.
Being a participant in a clinical trial is not easy. Financial barriers and transportation challenges are just a few reasons, among others, that leave patients marginalized and feeling disconnected from the trial. These types of issues don’t only hurt participants, but often result in higher dropout rates and, consequently, impact the quality of data and ability to complete a trial.
