Proxemis Flipbook v5

“ Conducting clinical research is becoming increasingly difficult due to challenges with patient recruitment, increasing costs and complexities and barriers to implementation.”

Overcoming the challenges faced by clinical research in the UK • A common challenge facing patient recruitment is under-representation of certain patient groups in clinical research which can impact population diversity and therefore external validity. • High costs and complexities associated with clinical research can result in a lack of expertise in specific disease areas and limit the potential of the research findings. • Implementing the findings of clinical research back into health settings can be difficult and can prevent tangible changes being made.

80% 11% 30%

of clinical trials fail to recruit a single patient

of the cost of a clinical trial is in recruitment

of clinical trials fail to meet their recruitment target on time

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