VISFO
Success story

Optimising trial performance through live data and expert insight

How we helped a trial team hit their recruitment targets and redesign their trial operations for long-term success
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At a glance

Pharmaceutical

Market Access

Value communication

Initial delivery in 4 weeks

Delivered through HelixAI

Ongoing engagement

"With VISFO’s precision intelligence and collaborative approach, our team ensures you have the right insights, at the right time, to make the best possible strategic decisions."

Dr. Rachael Hagan
Director of Product

“What made the difference here wasn’t just having the data, but how we brought it together. We connected performance metrics, epidemiology, and infrastructure in one real-time model. That let us spot underperforming sites early, simulate better configurations, and give the team confidence that every decision was backed by evidence.”

Dr. Louise Street-Docherty
VP Strategic Intelligence

“What made the difference here wasn’t just having the data, but how we brought it together. We connected performance metrics, epidemiology, and infrastructure in one real-time model. That let us spot underperforming sites early, simulate better configurations, and give the team confidence that every decision was backed by evidence.”

Dr. Max Nobile
CEO

“With deep research roots and peer-reviewed expertise in digital insight, we help teams cut through noise to uncover what truly shapes outcomes, ensuring every decision is informed by what matters most.”

Dr Adam Poulston
Director of Engineering

“With deep research roots and peer-reviewed expertise in digital insight, we help teams cut through noise to uncover what truly shapes outcomes, ensuring every decision is informed by what matters most.”

Dr. Simon Leigh
Director of Research & Insights
Optimising trial performance through live data and expert insight

Built on data, shaped by expertise

Combining sharp data science, deep industry knowledge, and the tools to move fast and make it stick

The challenge

Our client had ambitious recruitment targets for an active clinical trial but lacked the data to understand what was working and where opportunities lay. They needed help identifying failing sites, boosting performance, and improving the overall design to meet their goals within the planned timeframe

The analysis

We began with a comprehensive evaluation of both the clinical trial performance data and the broader therapy area. Our data science team built a complete dashboard showing live metrics on recruitment, site activation, and screening rates. Alongside this, our consultants conducted a landscape review that assessed available epidemiological data, site infrastructure, and the geographic spread of eligible patients.

We layered in data on existing site performance, looking at throughput, dropouts, and patient mix. From there, we developed a list of underperforming sites to cut and promising ones to activate

The solution

The client received a fully interactive trial intelligence board, allowing them to monitor performance and drill into site-level insights. We made clear, actionable recommendations on:

  • Which sites to close and which to prioritise
  • Where to find untapped patient pools based on epidemiology
  • How to optimise diversity by changing screening criteria
  • What actions would most improve timelines and outcomes

This was paired with a structured set of trial design enhancements to ensure learnings were embedded for future phases.

The value to the client

The combination of tailored software, expert consulting, and robust data helped the client rapidly course-correct their recruitment strategy. They not only hit their targets, but also gained a repeatable system for ongoing trial optimisation. Their clinical and operational teams now collaborate through the same platform to monitor, improve, and make decisions faster.

Ongoing support

The dashboard we built continues to evolve with their needs. We support weekly with updates, monitor external data sources for changes in the landscape, and are now integrating trial protocol suggestions based on real-time metrics to help refine future trial designs.

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Testimonals

What our clients say about us

"This is allowing me to answer questions I didn’t even know I had"
Medical Affairs Director
"I haven't seen anything like it with any other consulting group, ever."
VP Market Access & Reimbursement
"Thank you VISFO, this is incredible value for money"
Global Market Access Director
"The stakeholder mapping means I know how to resource my MSLs"
US Medical New Product Planning
"You have demonstrated all that I thought wasn’t possible"
Senior Director
This is allowing me to answer questions I didn’t even know I had!”
Medical Affairs Director
"Thank you VISFO, this is incredible value for money."
Global Market Access Director
"The stakeholder mapping means I know how to resource my MSLs."
US Medical New Product Planning
"You have demonstrated all that I thought wasn’t possible."
Senior Director