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• Save 456 Days In IRB Review With A Seamless, Coordinated Submission Process

  In the example, a study is reviewed that did not leverage that centralized network, and show the comparative benefits if the study had leveraged WCG IRB for streamlined review and centralized process.

• Changes In Research: What Are They And When Do They Need To Be Submitted To The IRB?

  Changes in Research (CIRs) are one of the most common topics for inquiries that come to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). This post addresses two of the most frequent questions asked and general guidance around CIRs, discussing  what should be considered a CIR and where  there is flexibility in the processes and regulations to decrease the administrative  burdens but maintain compliance.

• Run Your Site Like a Business: A Framework for Success

  Clinical research is a business- a multifaceted and highly regulated one. To run it well, sites need to have a business framework in place. WCG has developed a four-part framework; each element is crucial to success.

• Helping Your Sites Meet Their Full Potential in Oncology

  WCG Site Augmentation support is deployed to oncology sites to assist with data entry resolution. With the additional support, sites see an average reduction of 54% in open data entry queries per patient.

• Leading Sponsor Delivers Enrollment 24 Months Ahead Of Schedule

  Read the available case study to see how a leading sponsor delivers enrollment twenty four months ahead of schedule.

• CNS Trial Failure Rates High As Need For New Drugs Grows

  The need for CNS therapies has never been more acute, and there is a pressing need for both disease modifying and symptomatic treatments.

• Postpartum Depression Case Study – Ensuring True Results Through Accurate Assessments

  By providing training, expertise, and a new assessment tool, WCG MedAvante-ProPhase ensured the success of a pivotal trial in post-partum depression, leading to approval of an important new treatment. Learn how the client overcame several challenges in producing true outcomes.

• Expert Analysis Of Rater Discrepancies Allows Sponsor To Demonstrate Efficacy (Even With A Missing Endpoint)

  Discover how a sponsor gained the confidence required to proceed with the development of their movement disorder compound.

• Site Augmentation Services For Your Clinical Trials

  In an increasingly constrained clinical trial environment – where the demand of clinical trial volume and complexity has outpaced the supply of principal investigator participation – sites can no longer sustainably support clinical research. And yet, leading sponsors and CROs are charting the path to attain more focused trial coverage, long-lasting site relationships, and an edge over their competitors using WCG Site Augmentation.

• Case Study – Leading Pharma Enrolls 56% Faster With WCG Site Augmentation

  A leading sponsor initiated a time-critical and complex adult Staphylococcus vaccine study. Per the protocol design, this global study needed to address patient identification and coordination of communication pathways for referral networking. The study also required real-time review of daily surgical schedules to assess patients’ eligibility.

• Why Web-Based Study Training Is The New Norm For Clinical Trials

  Web-based on-demand training was a novel idea until the pandemic hit. Read how now it has become a must-have, and sponsors are quickly converting to web-based training as the new norm for clinical trials.

• Tailored, Dedicated Support Expedites COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

  A proactive approach to site augmentation helps enroll over 30,000 vaccine study participants in just over three months.

• Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements For Sites

  The world of clinical trial negotiations can be very competitive. How can you streamline negotiations while ensuring financial success? In this recent Q&A WCG's experts share tips on outmaneuvering the competition while protecting your interests.

• Making Coverage Analysis Determinations For Outside-The-Box Situations

  Coverage analysis is essential to study start-up, helping you stay compliant with billing guidelines. But what happens when there is little or no guidance for a situation? Find solutions for these tricky coverage analysis situations in our recent article.

• WCG Predict Delivers Investigators and Optimizes Enrollment, Leading To Significant Savings

  Looking to eliminate unpredictability during your site selection process? You need access to real-time data on investigator performance, and you need expert insights to interpret that data. WCG Predict™ uses historical performance data from thousands of global clinical trials, investigators and institutions to find the precise match for a study’s therapeutic approach and protocol.

• How A Sponsor Secured 200 High-Performing Investigators In Just 5 Days

  A research sponsor was planning to conduct a clinical trial to study a new drug to treat kidney disease. The clinical operations team anticipated needing 200 high performing investigators—and quickly. However, this was a new area of investigation for the sponsor, leaving them unable to leverage existing site relationships. Learn how with our proprietary data solution, the partners quickly identified a pool of investigators who possessed the appropriate interest in clinical research, the requisite medical experience and expertise, and the necessary infrastructure to support a clinical trial.

• Using Predictable And Efficient Data To Take The Risk Out Of Site Selection

  Are you looking to optimize your site selection process? This article explains how to use data and analytics to deliver the best investigators, increase enrollment, and take the risk out of site selection.

• Unsustainable And Burdensome: Today’s Safety Reporting Fails Sites, Sponsors And Patients

  Safety reporting is one of the last areas of hidden cost and inefficiency in clinical trials today, costing sponsors millions or tens of millions of dollars each year in excessive site payments and monitoring costs on unnecessary or duplicate safety reporting. Few receive value for their investment, and some don’t even know how much that investment is.

• Global SUSAR Distribution: Lack Of Regulatory Harmony Puts Trials At Risk

  The lack of global regulatory harmonization undermines safety reporting efforts, putting patients at risk and adding millions of dollars to the cost of a trial. We’ve seen at least 40 different approaches in terms of how countries handle SUSAR distribution—and it all changes regularly. It is difficult to conduct this global process correctly and the consequences of making mistakes are severe, including potential risks to patient health, regulatory repercussions, delays, or even having a trial shut down.

• Keep The Best Sites. Protect Patient Safety. Reduce The Safety Reporting Burden

  In a highly competitive market, some sponsors are alienating sites and investigators by wasting their time. To reduce the burden on sites, sponsors must rethink how they manage safety reporting. Doing so also improves patient safety and enhances compliance. This blog captures some of the salient points from a recent webinar where Elena Jouravleva, PhD, Director of Regulatory for US Oncology Network, and I discussed the ways safety reporting overburdens sites.

• Safety Reporting In A Post-Covid World: Same Trends, Same Problems—But This Time, Greater Urgency

  So much remains unresolved about this so-called “new normal” era of clinical trials. But what we do know points to the need for more sophisticated approaches to safety reporting. This blog highlights areas of concern and places for improvement in clinical trials in our post-pandemic world.

• Endo Pharmaceuticals Makes Study Training More Efficient, Less Costly And More Engaging With Virtual Training Platform

  Are you a sponsor looking to make your study training more efficient, engaging, and cost-effective? Read our case study about how we have been helping one of our clients do this since 2018.

• Virtual Study Training For Clinical Trials

  The new standards in study training help sponsors and CROs reduce costs by 60%, cut training time by 50%, and start enrollment 55 days faster – check out our latest eBook on virtual study training to learn more today.

• Interventional Clinical Trial Or Registry Study? Writing Protocols That Demonstrate The Difference

  The critical difference between these two study designs is whether the intervention occurs because it is a component of participation in a research protocol, or because a clinical decision was made that the intervention was the appropriate treatment option. In this paper, we will address how sponsors/investigators can design research protocols that clearly indicate whether the clinical intervention is occurring within, or outside of the context of the research, and why this distinction is critical in ensuring regulatory compliance.

• Toolbox Medical Relies On WCG IRB’s Prompt, Personalized Expertise In An Unsettled Environment

  During the last year, Toolbox Medical, Inc. has been exceptionally busy, helping clients develop COVID-19-related products. In fact, they launched at least six studies in January 2021 alone. As Toolbox’s client base and workload grows, it relies heavily on its long-time IRB partner, WCG IRB.

• The IRB’s Perspective: Determining Optimal Compensation for Clinical Trial Participants

  Paying participants for the essential role that they play in clinical trials is important, but the amount given, and how it is paid, require careful consideration. But how can sponsors strike the right balance between compensating research participants to achieve benefits, while minimizing the potential for the payments to have an undue influence on their behavior?

• Four Key Elements You Need To Know About The Role Of IBCs In Gene Therapy Trials

  The growing gene therapy market presents a multitude of challenges that sponsors, CROs, institutions and their sites must consider when running these trials. To meet these challenges, all stakeholders need to understand the important roles of not only the IRB, but also the IBC—Institutional Biosafety Committee—in facilitating a safe and effective study. In this article, we share the four biggest takeaways for drug developers in this booming space.

• Unburdening Sites By Eliminating 98,166 Hours Of Redundant Training

  The content of training required to conduct clinical trials can overlap significantly from study to study. A common frustration for clinical site teams is the required completion of training for a new trial that is identical, or nearly identical, to training they previously completed for another project. Check out this case study to learn more on how WCG Trifecta helped eliminate redundant training through a clinical qualification management system.

• FAQs: Virtual Clinical Trial Training

  As on-demand clinical trial training and virtual investigator meetings become more common, Sponsors, CROs, and Sites have many questions on the subject. Here are answers to some of the most common questions we receive on virtual clinical trial training.

• Improve Training, Increase Participation, Reduce Redundancy, & Cut Costs: Why Virtual Site Training Is The New Norm

  The use of virtual training through web-based meetings existed long before COVID-19, but the pandemic made web-based on-demand training the new norm. Check out this article to learn more on how virtual site training can help increase site participation, reduce redundancies, and cut costs.

• Outfitting Your Sites With The Support They Need

  Your sites are likely feeling pressure as they never have before due to COVID-19. Between mass staffing shortages, mounting financial constraints, and ever-increasing new study or trial registrations—the clinical research industry is experiencing a perfect storm. See how you can help your sites overcome this new reality.

• Decreasing PI Participation vs. Increasing Trial Start-ups

  New investigator participation is down 48% over the last 5 years while new trial registrations are up 44. Clinical trial growth is simply outpacing site capacity—and it's being exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19. Watching this :90 Insight video to learn more about how you can increase your sites’ bandwidth today.

• The Mounting Financial Pressures Facing Clinical Research Sites

  Now more than ever, clinical trial sites are facing increased internal and external pressure due to COVID-19—an issue we are calling “Site Crunch.” With mass staffing shortages and average site revenue down 38% in 2020, how will this impact your sites' ability to conduct trials going forward?

• New Normal Or Not, Safety Reporting Matters

  Even during normal times, the usual approach to safety reporting places a heavy burden on sites. Sponsors inundate them with safety notifications, many of which are unnecessary. As a result, sites become overwhelmed and miss critical patient safety information, which become lost in a mountain of paperwork that includes unnecessary notices. Moreover, this practice is contrary to health authority and country-level rules and regulations. This article outlines many ways sponsors and sites can align for a more streamlined and efficient safety letter distribution process.

• Data And Biorepository Management During A Pandemic

  Institutions play an integral role in translating “bench” research into practical applications that advance human health. To do this, researchers need strong research infrastructure to function as an “engine” that can accelerate discoveries. Over the recent months since COVID-19 hit, we’ve gleaned some insights and best practices in working with institutions.

• Advocating For Patients In A Time Of COVID-19

  The struggle to fight disease has always been about the patient. It always will be. And in this era of COVID-19, suddenly everyone is getting a glimpse into the urgency that patients feel. The general public can now see what people with serious and life-threatening disorders have long known: that time is of the essence. We want to stop a disease quickly, before it harms. Yet the question still remains: How can we get the right medicines and care with the speed we need while keeping patients safe during a global crisis?

• Four Tips For Navigating Patient Recruitment During COVID-19

  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to our lives and to clinical research, with many clinical trials pausing new enrollment on studies. By being proactive and engaging with your existing patients during this time, your site can prepare for when clinical trials begin screening patients again. Here are four actions your site can take to ensure recruitment readiness during the pandemic.

• There Is Value To Patients When Independent Sites Offer Clinical Trials

  The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly changed the clinical trials environment with impacts on all stakeholders that at first are negative, but could be positive in the long term. There is talk of transformation that could last well beyond the crisis. Optimistic views include speculation that there could be wider adoption of practices that have languished in concept or startup mode until now. In this transformative time, independent sites may be faster to pivot to new ways of operating.

• Changes To Research Made In Response To COVID-19

  WIRB-Copernicus IRB has received questions from several research sponsors about the appropriate process for making changes to clinical studies in response to the current COVID-19 epidemic.

• Basket Clinical Trial Designs: The Key To Testing Innovative Therapies Is Innovation In Study Design And Conduct

  As the science behind therapeutic interventions has deepened and grown, the clinical trial designs through which those interventions can be best tested have evolved as well. To study therapies directed against specific abnormalities, in cancer for example, it may make sense to include anyone with the target abnormality in the trial population, regardless of the location of their cancer.

• WCG CenterWatch iConnect Selected As Patient Recruitment Management System For The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Clinical Study Matching Tool, Fox Trial Finder

  WCG, the world's leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical trials, today announced that The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) is introducing a redesigned version of its Fox Trial Finder clinical study matching tool powered by WCG CenterWatch iConnect.

• Infectious Disease Challenge Studies: Ethical Issues In Causing Disease For Medical Knowledge

  Infectious Disease "challenge" studies are ones in which healthy participants are intentionally infected with pathogens in order to investigate the cause, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases- but are they ethical? These studies, while useful, pose ethical concerns, and numerous criteria must be met for an infectious challenge to be ethically permissible.

• How To Make The Patient Voice Heard In The Legislative Process

  Patients and their advocates can--and do!--use their collective voice to promote transformation through the legislative process. It can be a protracted process, but it can yield dramatic changes in policy that speed drug development and enhance safety.

• Increasing Patient Participation In Clinical Trials: Six Areas Of Focus From Patients And Advocates

  Meaningful collaboration between patients, sites, and sponsors can yield improved clinical trial outcomes. As part of that important collaboration, we see that effective patient input has the potential to increase patient participation rates in clinical trials. Incorporating patient insights into clinical trial design and execution is the first step.

• The Most Important Voice Is Missing: The Case For Including Patient Insights In Protocol Design

  Patient voice isn’t an accessory; it’s foundational. Patients are key to clinical trials, and relegating them to mere “subjects” diminishes their value. Including the patient voice in study design and development can make an enormous difference in recruitment, enrollment, and retention. Doing so also pleases regulators, who are increasingly putting a premium on patient-focused drug development. It doesn’t have to be difficult, but getting it wrong--or not doing it at all--can undermine a trial.

• WCG Acquires Statistics Collaborative, A Biostatistical Consultancy Specializing In Pharmaceutical And Biologics Clinical Trials

  WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group), the world's leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical trials, today announced its acquisition of Statistics Collaborative, Inc. Based in Washington, DC, Statistics Collaborative has almost 30 years’ experience providing highly specialized biostatistical consulting services to developers of new drugs and biologics.

• WCG Launches AIMS 4.1 Platform With Enhanced Endpoint Adjudication Capabilities To Facilitate Expert Review Of Clinical Trial Data

  WCG ACI Clinical, the leading specialty provider of independent endpoint adjudication and data monitoring committees for clinical trials, has launched the latest iteration of its proprietary AIMS® (Adjudication Information Management System) platform.

• Returning Study Results To Research Participants

  Studies show that most clinical trial participants want to know what was learned from their involvement. A growing number of sponsors are implementing plans to deliver plain language summaries to trial participants.  Read this white paper to learn about the current best practices for the content and preparation of plain language summaries, and the current guidance for how sponsors should work with Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) which have oversight of the clinical trials for which the summaries are provided.

• Virtual Clinical Trials Best Practices

  In recent years, alongside the increase in patient involvement in the design and conduct of research programs, there has been a notable increase in the idea of “virtual” or “decentralized” clinical trials.  This paper examines the nature of virtual clinical trials, potential benefits and risks of this new paradigm, and best practices for maintaining regulatory and Institutional Review Board (IRB) compliance.

• Clinical Trial Recruitment Practices: The Evolution Of Ethical Considerations

  Recruitment practices for clinical trials have evolved significantly over the last few decades. Read this white paper to learn about the evolution of acceptable recruitment practices, and what IRB members typically look for when reviewing recruitment materials and practices.

• Best Practices In Site Feasibility Studies Can Set the Stage For A Healthy Trial

  Well-performed site feasibility can become the single most important factor in reducing costs and time spent in a clinical trial. With adoption of benchmarking and clinical trial tools, sponsors are able to know exactly how many sites they need in their trial, which makes site pre-identification essential for efficient study start-up.

• Preparing For Success: A Better Way To Manage The Feasibility Process

  Nearly 80% of clinical trials fail to meet their activation timelines. But why does the start-up process fail us this often? This question can be answered by implementing a Feasibility Maturity Model with six critical variables: data, process, technology, expertise, focus, and engagement.

• How Calibrated Are Your Trial-Measurement Tools?

  Every person participating in a clinical trial creates inherent variability in the way they perform. A patient’s ability to report their symptoms accurately will impact trial data, as will a site staff’s verbal and non-verbal communication cues. But what if you could train people to reduce measurement error—and even decrease the placebo response? Read the article to find out how.

• WCG Introduces Velos eResearch eXpress

  The WIRB-Copernicus Group®’s (WCG™) Clinical Services Division introduces Velos eResearch eXpress™, an out-of-the-box, cloud-based solution that enables clinical research sites to centralize and manage their research activities on a single, automated technology platform.

• Independent Research Sites: Three Key Performance Metrics To Help You Increase Your Study Pipeline

  This article provides practical solutions for overcoming the biggest challenges independent clinical research sites face in data collection. Further, it highlights three key metrics that will help sites improve performance and drive success.

• To Mitigate Placebo Response, Test, Train And Control Expectations

  The placebo effect. It’s the curse of clinical trials across indications, but it’s a particularly thorny issue for pain researchers. In fact, along with the inability of many patients to accurately report symptoms, it may be the main challenge facing analgesic trials. Left unaddressed, these issues have contributed to the failure of many clinical trials.

• Identify And Rectify Data Problems Before It's Too Late

  In this blog post we discuss how central surveillance using statistical process control (SPC) and other analytical techniques-- combined with expert human analysis--maximizes assay and endpoint sensitivity, allowing sponsors to meet scientific and regulatory expectations for quality data in clinical trials.

• What You Don’t Know About Patient Recruitment Can Impede The Success Of Your Trial

  Recruitment is one of the things sites and sponsors just do. Everyone thinks they know what it means. But it’s so much more complicated than they imagine.

• Your 5 Questions About Enrollment Assistants Answered

  Enrollment assistants ease site burden and increase patient engagement. Following are answers to five common questions about the use of this on-the-ground recruitment support.

• Lessons Learned From 600+ Expert Committee Members

  Sponsors and CROs make increasing use of expert committees. Learn from members themselves on what it takes to have successful expert committee.

• WCG Acquires PharmaSeek, LLC

  The WIRB-Copernicus Group’s (WCG) Clinical Services Division announced the acquisition of PharmaSeek, LLC, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries PFS Clinical and PatientWise, leading providers of turn-key administrative, consulting, patient recruitment and training solutions for clinical research sites.

• Ask The IRB Experts

  Clinical research is complicated.  At WCG, we frequently get questions about the ethical conduct of research from clinical team members at biopharma companies and study sites. We know that for many of the questions we get, the person asking is not the only one struggling with that issue. Read the questions your peers are asking – and if you don’t see yours, submit one of your own.

• Not Like Everyone Else: Unique Challenges For Small And Emerging Biopharma Companies

  Small and emerging biopharma companies are conducting almost 50% of the clinical trials in the United States today. Unlike “big pharma”, small companies are usually working with lean teams, limited resources, and minimal infrastructure. In this paper, we explore some of the unique challenges for clinical development teams, and solutions that can reduce the pressure on teams and timelines.

• Compensating Participants In Clinical Research: Current Thinking

  New research on how people make decisions about research participation, and new approaches to the question of payments and compensation to participants, bring a new perspective; are payments to participants actually too low? This paper explores this question, and whether we should, in fact, worry much less about restricting compensation for research participants.

• Removing Barriers: Reimbursement And Compensation For Participation In Oncology Clinical Trials

  Approximately 20% of cancer clinical trials will never be completed, because they fail to enroll enough participants to be able to answer the research question. Read this white paper to learn the impact that participant payments may play on clinical trial recruitment.

• WCG Expands Its Research Site Executive Team, Global Research Network

  The WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG™) is pleased to announce the addition of several prominent executives to its Site Division and the expansion of its Global Research Network™ (GRN) of investigative sites. WCG is the leader in supporting clinical research sites in their critically important work of conducting clinical trials.

• WCG Announces The Acquisition Of Analgesic Solutions, LLC

  The WIRB-Copernicus Group®’s (WCG™) Clinical Services Division announces the acquisition of Analgesic Solutions, LLC, the global leader in the development of new pain medications and in the support of clinical trials in which pain is an indicator of an underlying condition.

• Addressing Suggestibility As A Psychological Phenomenon In Clinical Trials

  How can researchers identify participants’ overall level of suggestibility and then focus on the minimization of this characteristic to solve the issue of suggestibility in clinical trial?

• Genetic Counselors - Helping Researchers Brace For The Silver Tsunami Of CNS Disorders

  Genetic testing is making it easier to identify patients for clinical trials. However, genetic testing in the context of clinical trials raises raise important ethical issues, including ones related to informed consent and disclosure of results. Genetic counselors can play a crucial role in helping sponsors address these operational and ethical issues, making trials more efficient, more patient-centered and, ultimately, more successful.

• Invert To Convert: Rethinking Patient Recruitment And Enrollment Strategies

  Overall, the landscape of patient recruitment and enrollment have become highly specialized and data-driven. They demand a specialized, data-driven approach that nurtures potential participants and delivers bottom-line results, quickly and within budget. Read how an Enrollment Assistant can reduce the site’s workload, accelerate enrollment and make the entire recruitment process more efficient.

• CTMS Provider Velos Joins WCG

  The WIRB-Copernicus Group’s (WCG) Clinical Services Division has acquired the Velos eResearch business line. Velos is a leading provider of clinical trial management solutions (CTMS) that increase the productivity and efficiency of clinical research.

• Looking Ahead To 2019: Insights Into Clinical Research Trends from Our Experts

  IN 2018 there were many changes, trends, regulations and priorities that shaped the direction of the clinical research and drug development fields. In this paper, WCG experts share what they anticipate in 2019, and what everyone should be prepared for as we approach another year of change.

• Is The Government Shutdown Already Impacting Drug Development?

  Insights into the impact that the shutdown will have on the FDA and on the review of investigational products, including those reviews which were already in process at the time of the shutdown. 

• How To Accelerate Trial Enrollment: What Works And What Doesn’t

  As you evaluate clinical trial enrollment acceleration strategies, be sure to understand the root causes of slow enrollment and the reasons why traditional acceleration programs do not work. 

• Conquer Study Start-Up Delays With A Data-Driven Approach

  Study start-up delays have perplexed the best minds in the clinical trials industry for decades. Discover how advanced analytics and an intense focus on the four problem areas can help.

• Subject Recruitment Materials: Understanding The Requirements For IRB Review

  A breakdown of regulatory guidances and a clear picture of what the IRB needs to see.

• Clinical Study Sites Struggle To Manage Responses To Ad Campaigns

  Solutions to manage an overwhelming response to a media campaign.

• Avoid Enrollment Pitfalls: Find Your Best-fit Clinical Trial Sites

  Five characteristics to look for when finding the best-fit site for your study.

• WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group) Clinical Services Division Opens Office In Japan

  WCG™ (WIRB-Copernicus Group®) Clinical Services Division, the world’s leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, recently announced the opening of the company’s new office in Tokyo, Japan.

• WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group) Clinical Services Division Acquires ACI Clinical

  WCG™ (WIRB-Copernicus Group®) Clinical Services Division, the world's leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, today announced its acquisition of ACI Clinical, the top provider of Endpoint Adjudication and Data Monitoring Safety Committees.

• Choosing The Right Solution: Improving the Clinical Trial Site Feasibility Process

  What are the things that high-performing clinical research sites do that make sponsors return to them again and again?

• Meeting the Challenge of Appropriate Safety Report Distribution During Clinical Trials

  How to bring efficiency back to the  review process and to ensure that investigators are spending their time where it matters most, with the study participants.

• The Digital Pill

  Although there are clear benefits with the first pill to include a digital sensor that tracks if and when it has been ingested brings, there are also questions regarding  patient privacy and choice.

• Addressing Placebo Response, Therapeutic Misconceptions And Expectations

  Improving outcomes in clinical trials and reducing the trend toward high placebo response across different therapeutic areas requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders.

• Six Practices Of High Performing Clinical Research Sites

  Six things that high-performing clinical research sites do that make sponsors return to them again and again.

• Looking Ahead To 2018: Insights Into Clinical Research Trends From Industry Experts

  In this paper, some of our thought-leaders provide their insights on what they are watching for and what they anticipate in 2018 in clinical trial technology, regulatory changes, and scientific developments.