Newsletter | August 31, 2026

08.31.26 -- Compassion Shaping Pediatric Rare Disease Trials

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Webinar: What’s Working in AI-Enabled Respiratory Trials: From Recruitment to Site Readiness

Respiratory clinical trials face growing challenges, from shrinking patient populations and complex protocols to competition for patients and sites. How can AI and digital solutions help? This webinar explores practical approaches to optimize study design, predict enrollment, reduce participant burden and detect emerging risks earlier. Discover how technology can support efficient, patient-centric trials while strengthening quality and execution. Click here to learn more.

PATIENT RECRUITMENT

 

Why Protocol Complexity Is Slowing First Patient In — And How Small Sponsors Can Fix Start-Up Inefficiencies

Protocol complexity directly affects timelines, costs, and execution quality. Consultant Jessica Cordes explains why this challenge requires sponsors to change their approach to protocol design, feasibility, and start-up.

 

Designing More Representative Trials Through Strategic Planning

Strategic planning for representative clinical trials improves outcomes, regulatory alignment, recruitment efficiency, and commercial value by ensuring study populations mirror real-world patients.

 

Recruitment Readiness: From The Front Lines To First-In-Patient

Operating within local markets, LES professionals conduct meticulous eligibility assessments, manage referrals, and facilitate patient navigation, ensuring a seamless pre-screening experience.

CLINICAL SITES

 

The Big Idea Behind The Creation Of SIP

Jackie Kent, Lisa Moneymaker, and Jeanette Teague were among the early architects of the Shared Investigator Platform (SIP). In part one of this four-part series, they discuss SIP’s ambitious origins, the challenges of getting competing sponsors to collaborate, and why broad adoption was critical to delivering on its promise of reducing site burden.

 

Vestigo Features FAQ

Enable consistent protocol execution with standardized workflows for training, monitoring, documentation, inventory, and drug accountability.

 

Expert Support For Your Clinical Trial Sites

The Avacare team expertly supports site operational needs through a proven, turnkey research infrastructure, giving clinical staff the freedom to focus on patient care delivery.

PATIENT CENTRICITY

 

Representative Trials Must Look Beyond Race And Ethnicity

Kemi Williams broadens the definition of representation to include geography, literacy, age, comorbidities, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other factors, emphasizing that trials must reflect the populations most affected by a disease.

 

How Compassion Shaped This Pediatric Rare Disease Trial

Learn how kindness transformed the clinical trial experience for pediatric rare disease participants in a global study.

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