Reversing the Tide: Improving the Recruitment of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Clinical Trials in the United States

While the number of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical trials has been increasing, there is decreasing participation in these trials with under-representation of younger patients and those with milder disease and in community settings. Innovative methods to increase recruitment and participation through the use of social media tools, apps, electronic medical record-based patient finding algorithms, and remote monitoring methods are suggested.