Patients enrolment is a greatest challenge for the clinical research industry in the USA, Canada and European Union.

The efficiency of a clinical trial can be greatly compromised by the challenge of efficiently enrolling patients, securing clinical trial sites, and collecting data. Pressure to expedite clinical trials, while reducing the cost of the trials, has led to yet another new, rapidly evolving business: Site Management Organizations (SMOs). SMOs are quickly consolidating the fragmented clinical investigator market into well-managed networks of sophisticated clinical research sites. SMOs are management service companies that organize and manage multi-site clinical trials through contractual relationships with site owners, or direct ownership of the sites. Analysts estimate that the SMO industry will grow at a rate of about 43% per year over the next few years. Although SMOs represent competitors of CROs, they are also often subcontractors to them. It is estimated that as many as half of an SMO’s clients are CROs. For more information on patient recruitment services please visit Esploron www.esploron.com . This CRO offers innovative solutions to enhance patient recruitment.