Driving Patient Awareness, Enrollment & Retention in Hard-to-Reach Populations Through AI-Driven Identification, Patient-Centric Designs & Early Advocacy Collaboration
Every year, billions are invested in clinical research - yet many trials falter when patients are difficult to identify, engage, or retain. Dispersed, underserved, or otherwise hard-to-reach populations often face barriers that slow enrolment and put trial outcomes at risk. For studies involving small, scattered, or underrepresented groups, traditional recruitment approaches fall short. Patients may be hidden from conventional databases, located across multiple regions, or require specialized expertise to engage effectively.
Combined with complex protocols and rising expectations for patient-centric approaches, it’s clear: new strategies are needed to ensure enrollment, retention, and ultimately, successful trial delivery.
Back for its second year, the Patient Recruitment & Retention Summit was the premier forum dedicated to closing this gap. Designed for leaders in Patient Recruitment, Clinical Operations, Patient Advocacy, and Medical Affairs, this summit united innovators reshaping access to clinical trials across the entire patient journey.
Over three focused days, attendees explored cutting-edge strategies spanning early patient identification, AI-driven recruitment, and decentralized, patient-centric trial models that supported participants from diagnosis through long-term retention. This was the time to accelerate creative recruitment strategies, deepen early patient engagement, and harness innovative technologies to ensure that no patient - no matter how hard to reach - was left behind in the race for transformative therapies.
2025 Agenda
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Aligning Strategy Across the Entire Patient Journey
Uniting cross-functional teams around shared challenges - from early patient identification and tailored trial design to education, retention, and reimbursement - for a more seamless, patient-first approach to clinical delivery.
Tackling Cross-Departmental Challenges in One Place
Bringing together colleagues from clinical operations, patient engagement, medical affairs, and market access to break down silos and address interconnected pain points with actionable, cross-functional solutions.
Benchmarking Against Industry Innovators
Learning directly from senior leaders at companies like Takeda, Biogen, Alexion, and Blueprint Medicines and seeing what was working across the most complex trial landscapes - then adapting those strategies for your own programs.
Empowering Your Team with Fresh Tools & Strategies
From AI-driven identification and decentralized trial platforms to advocacy partnerships and flexible trial designs, equipping your team with practical tactics that enhanced patient access, boosted retention, and drove trial success.
Maximizing Value with Group Savings
Securing up to 20% off your pass with team discounts - and ensuring your entire team walked away aligned, inspired, and ready to deliver on your rare disease trial goals.
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