Shipping clinical study supplies internationally is an art and a science. Customs departments add an unsympathetic layer of bureaucracy – if paperwork and preparations aren’t in line with the country’s regulations, you can expect headaches that will add costly delays that could impact your study’s…
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With patient attrition in clinical trials on the rise, more than ever it is important to provide services that will ease the burden of participation. Studies that require caregiver support have special retention challenges. Sponsors need to engage caregivers with support tools that are created…
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Patient Recruitment and Retention
Do We Have a Performance Measurement Problem in Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment?
by Dan McDonaldby Dan McDonaldIt’s fairly well accepted in today’s clinical research environment that proactive strategies for driving enrollment in clinical trials are part of the complicated equation of success. According to a 2016 survey of study sponsors conducted by Imperial, nearly 55 percent of sponsors develop formal recruitment…
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Shipping Study Supplies Internationally: How to Avoid Customs Delays in these Five Challenging Countries Shipping study supplies internationally is a challenge, even for the experts. I have found In my 20+ years of global logistics experience that the shipping requirements of five countries consistently…
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Patient Recruitment and Retention
The Facts on Patient Enrollment Delays
by Dan McDonaldby Dan McDonaldThe Undeniable Truth Everyone is aware that patient enrollment is an issue. In a recent report from Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development on 150 global trials, it was discovered that 9 out of 10 studies eventually achieved enrollment goals, but that it…