CHI’S Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials

11 - 12 May 2009, Boston, MA, United States

Introduction

Patient recruitment and retention are critical to drug development programs. Patient recruitment, if not adequately planned for, can extend your development timeline by a number of years. Retention of patients throughout the life of a clinical trial is essential in order have complete data sets for your analysis and subsequent filings. In order to optimize both, you have to have a plan. This conference is intended to cover the topics one should consider when drafting a patient recruitment and retention plan for a clinical development program.