Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009
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Research organizations closely analyze sponsors and studies for a good match
Both new and mature clinical research organizations can reduce clinical trial problems and failures through initiating or improving protocol feasibility analysis processes. -
Getting quick answers to important issues
Pharmaceutical companies routinely send out their own feasibility questionnaires, asking clinical research (CR) sites whether they have the appropriate patient population and the resources necessary for a specific clinical trial. -
Recruitment: Get bang for buck by tracking returns
Advertising for recruiting subjects to clinical trials used to be easy, if expensive. All a site had to do was buy ad space in a major daily newspaper or regional magazine or fund multiple radio spots, and the task was done. -
Sum > parts: Building a high performance CR team
Most clinical trial sites rely on a group working together, but the big question is: Do they have a high performance team? -
Forming, storming, norming, performing
High performance teams are created through an evolutionary process that at least one model characterizes as having four stages from forming, storming, norming, to performing. -
Research site finds success with electronic recruitment
Researchers at the decade-old Medex Healthcare Research Inc. of St. Louis, MO, recognized the value of having a Web presence about five years ago. -
CR Industry News
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) recently issued the final version of the first major revision of its standards since AAHRPP was founded eight years ago.