Delays can be small or big, from minor misfortunes that make us late for dinner to major study setbacks that mangle study timelines and jeopardize study goals. While delays in life are expected and inevitable, clinical study delays don’t have to send a trial off…
It’s Halloween, let’s cue the scary music! You know the theme, the single note on the high end of the piano played repeatedly. Yeah, that one. Being a sponsor of a global clinical trial is not for the weak-hearted! What makes a sponsor’s hair stand…
Get highlights on how the international clinical trial printing vendor you select can impact everything from timelines to sustainability. Imperial supports numerous studies by writing, translating, designing, and printing clinical trial materials for sponsors, CROs, clinical research sites, and research patients. For this blog post,…
A patient-friendly informed consent form (ICF) is a key element for prospective clinical trial participants’ understanding of a clinical research study. In this blog, we delve into tips to ensure the ICF is clear and understandable. The research ICF document provides potential participants with the…
Retaining participants in studies is an ongoing challenge that the clinical trials industry grapples with daily. One analysis1 I came across pegged the participant dropout rate at an average of 25-26 percent per study. Every single loss is costly and, among other problems, can prolong…