US & Europe – Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Five-City Needs Study
Recruiting RA Patients Who Reflect Real Life: Quotas for a Five-City Needs Study
Two quotas ensured the sample reflected how RA affects working life and that well-controlled patients didn't skew it towards mild.
A pharmaceutical company wanted to understand the needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to guide planning for its immunology pipeline, including which patient types might benefit most from new options…
US – 21 Heart Failure and LVAD Patients: In-Home Interviews
Inside the Living Room: What 21 Heart Failure Patients Told Us About Life with an Implanted Device
Some insights only come from sitting in a patient's living room.
A company developing a less invasive mechanical circulatory support device wanted to understand the quality of life for people with advanced heart failure and how they might weigh the trade-offs of an implanted device.
That meant…
US & Europe – Psoriatic Arthritis Patients: Five-City Needs Study
More Than Joint Pain: Recruiting PsA Patients as They Really Live
How we built a five-city patient recruitment that captured eye, nail, and skin symptoms, working life, and the severity that treatment can hide.
A pharmaceutical company wanted to understand the physical, psychological, and treatment needs of people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), as well as how the condition affects life at home, at work…
US – Surgeons, Dialysis Technicians and Patients: Dialysis Graft Study
What a Dialysis Graft Study Taught Us About Patient Recruitment
Fifteen patients and 15 technicians were planned. Only 5 patients took part.
A manufacturer wanted evidence to support a new dialysis access graft. It planned three phases: surgeon interviews, then two waves of interviews with patients and patient care technicians (PCTs), the dialysis staff who cannulate the graft at each session.
Phase 1 was…