Maya Zlatanova speaks with the CEO of August Research, Dana Niedzielska. August Research is a clinical research organization based in Europe that provides regulatory, monitoring and project management services for clinical trials. Maya and Dana examine the challenges in patient recruitment and the reliability of recruitment rates. They dive deeper into the planning of clinical trials and the importance of site selection. They also talk about the disparities between the expectations of the clinical investigators and the reality of conducting clinical trials. Here are the key topics that they discuss: (2:33) How much can we trust recruitment rates when we plan clinical trials? (6:53) Disparities between planning and the execution of clinical trials (8:12) When should you seriously consider recruitment rates? (11:31) Risk Management application in clinical trials (13:40) Challenges in site level recruitment (18:11) The challenge of misleading recruitment rates Tune in to learn more! Maya Zlatanova, CEO of Trialhub Dana Niedzielska, CEO of August Research See More: August Resarch TrialHub