Applied Clinical Trials-09-01-2011

SUBJECT RECRUITMENT : Integrated Team - Sponsors, CROs, and Sites Patient Tracking Services Can Help Reduce Lost to Follow-Up TRIAL DESIGN : Pediatric Trials - Errors in Informed Consent Also in this issue : Common Rule Revision, EU?s Health Policy and Clinical Trials, CROs Going Private, Research Clusters

A recent study conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (Tufts CSDD) found that more than half of all protocols require one or more amendments.

Sponsors, CROs, and investigator sites must all work together for effective patient recruitment.

Modernizing the Common Rule to update research policies could spell important changes.

The EMA is moving its offices to Canary Wharf Estate.

Companies such as ExcoInTouch, Pfizer, and others are turning to mobile technology.

While order might be useful for smaller firms to do business, it is not useful in helping them to innovate.

A 10-fold reduction in LTFU rates was observed in clinical trials that used patient tracking services.

Industry news focusing on the people and organizations who work in the clinical trials profession.

Open Facebook walls could bombard companies with AERs.

The New England Journal of Medicine reveals list of biosimilar guidelines.

The intent of consent is that participants are comfortable with their choice and can comply with it.

EU's new rules will be influenced by more than just those primarily responsible for pharmaceuticals.