Recruitment To Screening: Bridging The Gap

Patient recruitment is a major cost in clinical trials, often 20–30% of the budget, with per-patient costs ranging from $1,500 to $10,000. While AI-driven recruitment promises faster, cheaper matches, gaps remain in tracking referrals to actual site visits, creating manual workload and reporting inaccuracies for sites.

One approach to address this is providing transportation for patients to screening visits, lowering participation barriers while automatically tracking referral-to-screening conversion. Rides can range from $50 to $200, a small investment relative to recruitment costs. Successful implementation requires sponsor funding and system integration to ensure efficiency and real-time reporting across sites and recruitment platforms.