Articles / Whitepapers
Patient-Centric Trial Recruitment
The competition for qualified clinical study participants is at an all-time high, compelling sponsors, CROs, sites, and patient recruitment companies to employ increasingly more sophisticated strategies, tactics, and models that stress the patients’ role in the process… Patient-Centric Trial Recruitment Read More »
Dynamic Site Network Models
The Search for Patient Enrollment Certainty: The unfailing ability to complete enrollment on time, every time, has been the greatest yet most elusive need among clinical trial managers. Not that long ago, enrolling patients into clinical trials was much easier. The reality is that where patients come from is changing. Now, a new approach to patient... Read More »
Global Positioning
What defines a truly global patient recruitment organization? Global recruitment for clinical trials is far from a “one-size-fits-all” proposition. Enormous language, cultural, political, and socioeconomic differences exist in many of the countries that are becoming primary outsourcing locations for clinical research. Regional variations and cultural understanding of clinical research need to be taken into account when... Read More »
News
Super-charged Screening for Patient Enrollment
To support our commitment to achieving patient enrollment certainty, Acurian leverages proprietary software to pre-screen trial candidates across multiple clinical studies simultaneously. This methodology is steeped in our tradition of technology and patient-first feasibility, representing a time-tested model to bring the right patients to the right studies – even across an entire portfolio with many different indications or protocols. Acurian on: Super-charged Screening... Read More »
Patient Concierge
Representing a level of personal service that goes “above and beyond,” a Patient Concierge program is designed to provide a single point of contact to help patients and caregivers navigate the complexities of clinical trial participation. It can mitigate patients’ concerns or objections, enhance the patient experience, and increase patient satisfaction. Acurian On: Patient Concierge Read More »
Technology in Patient Recruitment
Wearables…smartphones…social networks…the list of new technological tools available to patients and healthcare providers goes on and on. Many clinical trial sponsors are still trying to sort out what role these exciting developments will play in the future of patient recruitment. One thing is for sure: despite the allure of bright, shiny objects, there’s no one... Read More »
Press Releases
Synexus Announces U.S.-Based Registry to Power Major Longitudinal Study on Brain Aging
Synexus HealthyMinds Registry will support some of the largest studies ever undertaken to identify ways to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia CHICAGO (July 23, 2018) – Synexus, the leading global network of dedicated research sites, today announced a collaboration with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom to launch one of... Read More »
Acurian and Synexus Launch SynexusPlus Enrollment-enhanced Site Solution
New offering can be adapted to the specific requirements of any clinical study Boston, Mass., June 27, 2018 – Acurian Inc., a leading full-service provider of global patient enrollment and retention solutions, and Synexus, the leading global network of dedicated research sites, have launched SynexusPlus, an integrated site solution for enrolling patients in clinical studies. SynexusPlus combines the... Read More »
Acurian and Synexus Launch NASH Patient Enrollment Solution
New offering introduced at second annual NASH Summit Boston, Mass., April 23, 2018 – Acurian Inc., a leading full-service provider of global patient enrollment and retention solutions, and Synexus, the leading global network of dedicated research sites, have launched a comprehensive solution for enrolling patients in clinical studies for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its... Read More »