The Adoption of AI in Accelerating Clinical Trial Recruitment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.63345/ijrmp.v12.i2.1

Chitra Sen
Independent Researcher
Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical trial recruitment represents a paradigm shift in the way researchers identify and enroll participants for clinical studies. This manuscript examines the transformative role of AI technologies—ranging from machine learning algorithms to natural language processing—in streamlining patient identification, optimizing eligibility screening, and enhancing trial matching processes. By reducing manual intervention and accelerating recruitment timelines, AI has the potential to improve both the efficiency and the efficacy of clinical trials. We review the evolution of AI applications in the clinical recruitment domain, summarize key literature up to 2022, and present a statistical analysis that illustrates the impact of AI-enhanced recruitment strategies compared to traditional methods. This paper also outlines the methodology adopted for the research, details the empirical results, and discusses the limitations and future scope of AI implementation in clinical research recruitment.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Trials, Recruitment, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Patient Eligibility, Healthcare Innovation, Data Analytics

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