Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – September 1, 2007
September 1, 2007
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Pharmaceutical industry has fat to trim — How will that impact CT sites?
In the future, clinical trial sites might have to prove their success in recruiting participants and meeting deadlines before they're offered new research contracts. At least that's what will happen if the latest trend in the pharmaceutical research business world takes hold. -
Patient adherence data is key to improve trial efficiencies
Researchers and clinicians like to believe that patients will do as they instruct, taking their medications, showing up for appointments, and keeping notes on symptoms, etc. -
Trial sites can attract more sponsors by learning 3 words: change, change, change
One of the hottest topics in clinical trial research these days is site selection, and the biggest obstacle to matching sites and sponsors is that people won't let go of the old ways, an expert says. -
Improve CT participant adherence with these tips
Clinical trial coordinators and investigators could prevent the problems posed by study variability in trial adherence by taking measures to improve participant adherence. -
System to reduce health disparities in community
When Adventist HealthCare Inc. of Rockville, MD, asked community leaders what the health care system could do to better serve the community's needs, the answer was to form a center on health disparities. -
What to do when the wrong end points are selected
It's not uncommon in research for the clinical trial to end without the expected positive outcomes, but with some positive results that were not an anticipated end point.