Clara Health

Clara Health, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, operates a digital platform and service designed to simplify patient access to clinical trials. Its core offering includes a matching engine and dedicated patient navigators who provide free, end-to-end support throughout the trial journey. Following its acquisition by M&B Sciences Inc., Clara now functions as a key patient-facing component within a larger clinical research organization (CRO), aiming to enhance trial diversity and decentralization.

A hybrid digital-human platform for clinical trial patient matching, recruitment, and support. It combines a search/matching engine with 24/7 live patient navigators and offers a decentralized trial (DCT) platform for sponsors to reach diverse populations remotely.

Clara operates in the competitive patient recruitment and decentralized clinical trial technology space. Key competitors include standalone patient recruitment platforms (Antidote, Trialfacts), large CROs with in-house digital units (IQVIA, Parexel), and pure-play DCT software vendors (Medable, Science 37). Its differentiation lies in its free, high-touch patient navigator support integrated with its digital platform.