Research Site Perspectives On Sponsor-Provided Technology

There’s no question about it: clinical research sites are stretched thin. With the growing volume in trials and the limited number of staff and resources, sites are facing unprecedented challenges. However, a less prominent, yet widely faced challenge within the industry is the immense amount of clinical and operational technology sites must use to manage their research and participants. In our Research Site Perspectives on Sponsor-provided Technology survey conducted in collaboration with the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS), we sought to understand current struggles sites are facing from study startup through closeout.

Addressing the Problem

To say clinical trials are growing increasingly complex would be an understatement. Trial design is becoming more sophisticated, and the increased need for targeting patient subpopulations is resulting in a larger global scope. However, while demand has risen, resources are scarce. Organizations everywhere are facing staffing shortages, forcing staff to do more with less. When working with sites, sponsors often deploy their own preferred technology to conduct research. While this initially was intended to address the lack of technology at sites, in many cases, this now creates additional burden on those sites. Much of sponsor-provided technology overlaps with existing site systems, resulting in increased administrative tasks and duplicative data entry.

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