Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – October 1, 2011
October 1, 2011
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Data security is costly, complicated & Common Rule changes may not help
The proposed changes to the Common Rule address an issue that clinical trial organizations have raised since HIPAA's privacy provisions went into effect, but it appears to make the situation even more difficult, some experts say in comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). -
Creative IC tool is a user-friendly newsletter
In Caroline Knight's 20 years of experience, working as a research coordinator, the size of informed consent forms has grown from an average of four pages to about 18 pages. In her estimation, the additional pages have not made it easier to fully inform potential research participants of what to expect in a clinical trial. -
Avoid common mistakes in the CR contract process
The first step to improving a clinical research site's contracting process is for the clinical research director or coordinator to communicate with the institution's legal professionals about the contract, an expert notes. -
Small sites can thrive with CR; here's how
These are trying times for the clinical research industry, but as one small research site has shown, even a small organization can succeed at clinical trials. -
Best Practices Spotlight: Make study start-up a smooth-sailing process
Everyone in the clinical research industry has heard the dismal statistic of how one out of five clinical trial sites never enroll a single patient. Many physicians have been drawn to doing a study in addition to their fulltime clinical practice, and they often decide to give this up after one or two trials. -
Best Practices Spotlight: Create a more efficient source document form
Be prepared' is a clinical trial coordinator's best practice motto. This means finding or creating templates that will facilitate faster, more efficient, and better quality data collection.