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Built With Them, Not Just For Them

Why Clear Trials is opening its design process

Brian Blackmon
Co-Founder, Clear Trials

The last decade brought remarkable progress to the tools that sponsors, sites, and CROs use to run clinical trials. But the people at the center of every trial, participants and their caregivers, have been largely left out of that investment. They receive stacks of complex documents at enrollment and are on their own from there.

We built Clear Trials to change that. And we've learned that building well means listening first.

That's why we're launching two external advisory panels: our Site Representative Panel and our Participant & Caregiver Panel. They're ongoing design partnerships, and we're looking for people who want a real seat at the table.

Participant & Caregiver Panel

If you've been a trial participant, a caregiver supporting someone through a study, or a patient advocate who works closely with both, we want to hear from you. This panel guides how we think about study clarity, navigation, caregiver access, and what it actually feels like to go through a trial without enough support.

Participation is light: a few hours per quarter, through conversation and occasional feedback on designs. Your input will directly shape what we build.

Site Representative Panel

Coordinators, nurses, and site directors know something that no product team can learn from a spreadsheet: what it's actually like when a participant calls confused, when a protocol doesn't translate to the real world, or when a digital tool creates more work than it saves.

If that's your world, we want you in our design room. This panel helps us ensure our platform genuinely reduces administrative burden, not just on paper, but in practice.

How to get involved

You can volunteer yourself or nominate someone you think would bring valuable perspective. We'll follow up with a short conversation to learn more about your experience and what you'd want from this kind of partnership.

Volunteer or Nominate a Peer Here