Newsletter | October 5, 2026

10.05.26 -- Why Are We Still Talking About Compensating Research Participants?

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Clinical Leader’s Site Solutions Expo on October 7, 2026, will showcase solutions that help clinical trial sites manage growing operational demands. Attendees will learn about site activation, recruitment, patient support, payments, communication, and other services designed to reduce site burden and improve trial performance. Solution providers will demonstrate how their offerings can help sponsors, CROs, and sites execute clinical studies more effectively.

CLINICAL SITES

 

Building SIP Was The Hard Part

Charlie Semenchuk and Jeff Ventimiglia helped turn the ambitious vision for the Shared Investigator Platform into reality. They look back at SIP’s technical challenges, competing stakeholder needs, site burden, and what the experience can still teach the industry.

 

Site Efficiency Through Automated Drug Resupply And Forecasting

Interactive Response Technology (IRT) can transform site operations by replacing error-prone manual processes with real-time, automated systems that relieve some of the burden on trial sites.

 

Why Should Site Agility Be Your Next Competitive Advantage?

Maximize your trial agility by replacing slow, linear start-ups with parallel workflows and rapid SLAs. Partnering with agile sites secures a commercial edge and predictable timelines.

 

When Clinical Trials Sites Don't Have Eye Care, We Step In

Some sites lack the advanced ophthalmic support to run vision-related trials, but we work alongside your team to deliver the data you need, where and when you need it.

PATIENT CENTRICITY

 

It Is Time To Require Human-Relevant Efficacy Evidence Before First-In-Human Trials

Why, when human-relevant evidence of likely efficacy can be generated before a trial begins, is it not evaluated before patients are exposed?

 

How Patient Advocacy Groups Are Rewriting The Clinical Trial Playbook

This panel discussion shines a light on how patient advocacy groups are rewriting the playbook on patient recruitment, education, feasibility, and real-world study support across rare diseases.

 

The Budget Line Item That Could Make Or Break Retention

A participant's preferred payment method can make or break retention. Learn how flexible, participant-friendly compensation benefits both study volunteers and trial success.

PATIENT RECRUITMENT

 

Why Are We Still Talking About Compensating Research Participants?

Should we be compensating research participants? And is that even a question worth asking? Lindsay McNair, MD, and Ken Getz say yes despite recent data that doesn't point to a clear ROI.

 

The Ten Commandments Of Vendor Management

Master trial governance with 10 core principles. Learn how tracking trends, rewarding transparency, and early escalation ensure long-term trial success.

 

Accelerating Recruitment In A Challenging Phase III Rare Disease Trial

Recruiting for rare acute diseases is challenging. Discover how this organization used rapid site activation and investigator engagement to speed enrollment in a Phase III Anti-GBM trial.

 

AI-Powered Strategy Is Redefining Patient Recruitment Performance

This AI-powered platform is helping CROs and sponsors tackle the unsolved challenge they've faced for decades: clinical trials that launch late, recruit slowly, and miss enrollment targets.

 

An Experienced Endocrinology And Metabolic Partner

Accelerate endocrinology and metabolic trials. Discover global regulatory strategies, decentralized models, and patient-centric recruitment data to optimize your clinical development.

 

How Community Engagement Drives Better Study Outcomes

Examples of how embedded community sites and local events show how authentic on‑the‑ground involvement translates into deeper patient relationships and measurable study outcomes.

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