Mental health trial recruitment

Turn trial awareness into study-ready participation.

HopeStage helps mental health research teams improve the path from first interest to screening through patient-friendly study communication, trusted outreach, early-fit support and participant preparation.

Better-informed interest before the site. Clinical decisions stay with the study team.

The patient funnel

You do not need more random traffic. You need a better patient funnel.

A campaign can generate clicks and still fail operationally when the opportunity feels unclear, risky, impersonal, burdensome or disconnected from lived reality.

  1. 01

    Awareness

  2. 02

    Interest

  3. 03

    Understanding

  4. 04

    Early fit

  5. 05

    Site contact

  6. 06

    Screening

  7. 07

    Consent

  8. 08

    Enrolment

  9. 09

    Retention

Recruitment services

Five parts of a patient-ready recruitment system.

01

Recruitment Diagnostic

A friction map across the study page, ads, forms, follow-up, screening path, burden and current funnel.

02

Patient-Friendly Study Content

Clear landing pages, FAQs, social and email copy, plus honest explanations of randomization, placebo, visits and burden.

03

Trusted Outreach

Approved community, newsletter, podcast, social, partner and paid channels suited to protocol, geography, ethics and budget.

04

Early-Fit Support

Approved early-fit questions, consent-to-contact language, participant preparation and a clear handoff to the authorized team.

05

Funnel Learning

Attribution, status feedback, fit and attendance review, message optimization and a scale recommendation.

Pilot process

Select, align, activate and learn.

  1. 01

    Select — choose one priority study, site, condition and geography.

  2. 02

    Align — agree criteria, channels, approvals, handoff and success metrics.

  3. 03

    Activate — create patient-friendly content, launch approved outreach and support the journey.

  4. 04

    Learn — review fit, attendance, eligible participants, enrolment and site feedback.

What to measure

Use milestones the site can verify.

The exact metrics depend on the study and what the authorized team can lawfully and operationally share.

  1. 01
    Attributable referrals or hand-raisers
  2. 02
    Contact rate
  3. 03
    Screening scheduled and attended
  4. 04
    Formally eligible
  5. 05
    Enrolled or randomized when supplied by the site
  6. 06
    Time to site follow-up
  7. 07
    Site feedback on fit and preparation
  8. 08
    Drop-off reasons

Commercial model

A commercial model aligned to the study.

Pricing depends on protocol complexity, geography, condition, eligibility, study burden, required qualification, media costs, site economics and the agreed payment trigger.

Setup fee

Study strategy, patient-facing content, funnel, tracking, approvals, launch preparation and project setup.

Milestone or performance fee

Linked to an agreed milestone only when legally, ethically, contractually and operationally appropriate.

Clear responsibility

Where HopeStage ends and the study team begins.

01

HopeStage

  • Patient-friendly study education
  • Approved recruitment content
  • Trusted outreach
  • Interest generation
  • Early-fit support
  • Participant preparation
  • Referral attribution
  • Funnel insight

02

Sponsor, CRO, investigator and site

  • Protocol and study oversight
  • Ethics and regulatory approval
  • Formal pre-screening
  • Medical and diagnostic assessment
  • Informed consent
  • Eligibility
  • Safety monitoring
  • Randomization and enrolment
  • Treatment and clinical communication

One priority study

Choose one priority study and test the model.

Bring the registry link, condition, geography, sites, high-level criteria, current channels, funnel numbers, timeline, materials and approval constraints.

Discuss a recruitment pilot