Patient Recruitment

At the heart of every clinical trial are the people who choose to participate. They need reassurance, confidence, and trust in the process and in the research staff guiding them. Using video in clinical trials has the unique ability to meet those needs while also…

As clinical trials become increasingly complex and personalized, we need to take a fresh look at how we engage with patients—and with the wider community. That engagement often begins offline: a poster in a physician’s office, a leaflet picked up (for themselves or a loved…

Get insights on current trends within the clinical research industry from the Imperial team, who recently returned from SCOPE Summit 2025 held in Orlando, Florida. Political, economic, and environmental changes and concerns appeared to preoccupy the minds and energy of many people we encountered daily.…

I’ve spent my entire adult life immersed in media, marketing, and advertising, long enough to remember the days before digital advertising in clinical trials took over. For patient recruitment, sponsors and CROs had little more to rely on than local newspapers and radio stations. They…

A patient-friendly informed consent form (ICF) is a key element for prospective clinical trial participants’ understanding of a clinical research study. In this blog, we delve into tips to ensure the ICF is clear and understandable. The research ICF document provides potential participants with the…

With more than 65,000 clinical studies currently recruiting, our industry is constantly working hard to enroll participants and meet study timelines. Unfortunately, public skepticism in clinical trials can get in the way of those efforts. People enroll in studies for a variety of reasons, from…

This is the second in my three-part series revealing hidden causes behind delays in clinical studies. The first part is here. This installment explores strategies to meet clinical trial enrollment goals. Tell me when your first patient was enrolled, and I will tell you the…

My colleague Frances Bentley and I had the privilege of attending the 8th Annual Clinical Monitoring and Patient Recruitment Retention (CMPRR) Summit in Barcelona. Several clinical trial challenges and solutions were discussed. I was there to present a talk titled “Exploring the Hidden Challenges to…

Imperial began as a business printer and evolved and broadened over four decades to fully support clinical studies in a million different ways. Today, printed materials are still popular. In our U.S. and U.K. facilities, our presses keep rolling, as the sponsors and CROs we…