Digital recruitment for clinical trials

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As more patients go online for health, digital channels are showing ever-greater promise

There is strong industry interest in exploring how digital channels could improve clinical trial recruitment rates – a costly and time-consuming issue for pharma.

The hope that using social media, mobile apps, dedicated trial search sites or other digital technology to connect patients and studies quicker and more cheaply has grown inline with the possibilities afforded by the technology.

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Initiative Aims to Boost Clinical Trial Participation Among Asian-Americans

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Asian-Americans are the only racial group for whom cancer is the leading cause of death. Consequently, some Asian-American populations suffer disproportionately from certain types of cancer, including those that are largely preventable.

The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities are working to address these disparities through programs to boost participation in clinical trials, collect biospecimens, and conduct blood genomics research.

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