Clinical trial recruitment websites
Clear participant communication. Improved recruitment and retention.
A clinical trial website that potential participants can actually use. Your institution's pages are often slow to update, hard to read on a phone and not built for recruitment. A dedicated study website (sometimes called a microsite) gives your trial its own clear home: what taking part involves, who it's for, answers to common questions, and a simple way to get in touch.
Each site is written in plain English to NIHR readability standards, designed to work on any phone, and built so your team can make small edits without technical help. Hosting is included, and your participant video sits at the heart of it.
Recruitment shortfalls are one of the most expensive problems a trial can have. Estimate your recruitment costs using our ‘recruitment cost calculator’.
What it costs
Clinical trial websites start from around £1,500, including domain and three years' hosting, and are discounted when bought alongside a video. 👉 View an example microsite
For many publicly funded trials, participant communication is limited by institutional websites that are slow to change, difficult to read on mobile, and not designed for recruitment or retention.
Even small improvements — clearer explanations, easier navigation, mobile-friendly layouts — can make a measurable difference to:
Whether people decide to take part
Whether they fully understand what participation involves
Whether they stay engaged once enrolled
Clinical trial microsites provide a lightweight, governance-friendly way to make those improvements, without replacing or modifying your institution’s main website.
Designed around real-world constraints:
Information-only by default
(no data capture, no tracking)Optional contact via email-only forms
(messages sent directly to the study team, nothing stored)Compatible with ethics and data-protection requirements
No dependency on central web teams or complex CMS workflows
Designed for how participants now engage with information:
Mobile-first and easy to browse
Clear structure for non-specialist audiences
Simple to share via link or QR code
Familiar interaction patterns that reduce friction and confusion
The result is clearer participant understanding, fewer avoidable drop-offs, and lower administrative burden for study teams — achieved through small, targeted communication improvements.