Investigator Characteristics and Participant Recruitment in ALLHAT
Data on the relationship between investigator characteristics and cardiovascular clinical trial patient recruitment are extremely limited in scientific literature. An analysis of ALLHAT, the largest antihypertensive clinical study ever conducted, identifies key investigator and site characteristics that can strengthen subject enrollment.
Engaging Physicians, Staff and Patients for Oncology Trials
November 11th 2015Accruing patients depends greatly on engaged, enthusiastic PIs, as they are the gatekeepers in helping patients decide to participate in clinical trials. Building staff awareness and enthusiasm are also essential for retaining participants.
Stumbling Seven Times But Recovering Eight
November 9th 2015Japan is increasingly a region where opportunities for global registration studies abound, supported by government policies as well as the medical community and its local population. However, incorporating Japan as an integral part of your global trial execution strategy does not come without its unique challenges.
How Integrated Value-Based Planning can Lead to a Leap in Development Productivity
November 6th 2015Integrating evidence-based planning and real-world evidence has the potential to reap big gains for development productivity. Achieving this through a "Three-Pillar" approach emphasizing knowledge sharing, evidence needs, and scenario risk-building is proposed.
FDA Looks to Limit Clinical Trials in Biosimilar R&D
October 28th 2015This scenario seeks to limit animal and clinical studies to only those needed to eliminate residual uncertainty about product performance. Although innovators maintain that clinical trials still are needed to fully examine immunogenicity and other unique attributes of proteins and monoclonal antibodies, biosimilar developers look to extensive product characterization and to pharmacokinetic (PK) or pharmacodynamic (PD) studies to address these concerns.