THREAD Supported DCTs Outperform Industry Benchmark in Patient Recruitment and Retention

Evidence needed to confirm how DCT study designs were compared to traditional designs

• To engage with an industry analytics firm to review and compare data
• To identify studies and a timeline that could show pre and post pandemic impacts
• To focus on key performance indicators to show comparisons between designs

To review pre and post pandemic data that could provide published evidence on the impact of recruitment and retention with DCT designs, THREAD offered:

• the industries’ first publication on evidence of DCT performance versus traditional designs
• an industry partnership in which THREAD data could have an outside company analyze DCT data against a large, traditional study data set (1,000+ studies)
• focused data review and publication on the impacts of both designs on recruitment and retention
• published report that highlights the challenges and areas of outperformance for balanced decision making