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🚩 Did You Know: 33% 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧… A study analyzing 199 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 found that insufficient patient accrual was the primary cause (PLoS Med. 2019 Nov. e1002966). That means one-third of rare disease trials don’t fail because of science, but because they can’t find enough patients. And this can be entirely preventable, but only with the right strategy. For example, we’ve seen sponsors make this mistake: focusing on a single-region strategy, only to realize too late that their target population was scattered across multiple countries. Recruiting for rare disease trials often requires a global approach, but many sponsors fail to plan for multi-country (or even multi-continent) recruitment early enough. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬: ➡️ Early site selection strategies to identify high-potential regions. ➡️ Global feasibility assessments to anticipate recruitment delays. ➡️ Collecting data in a consistent/standardized way to make regulatory approvals easier and faster. Follow us for more details on how to protect your trials: https://lnkd.in/eEEWvMS7 #RareDiseases #ClinicalTrials #PatientRecruitment #Biostatistics #TrialPlanning #DrugDevelopment #ClinicalResearch #IDDI