Site Operations Survey Highlights Slow Adoption of Risk-Based Monitoring
ACRP and CenterWatch released a collaborative benchmarking report on clinical research site performance
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) and CenterWatch released a collaborative benchmarking report on clinical research site performance as a result of the largest independent, unbiased survey of site leadership.
The data, available in two separate reports—one comparing smaller sites to average site metrics, and one comparing larger sites to average—is available at www.acrpnet.org/sitebenchmarking and http://store.centerwatch.com/p-433-2014-financial-and-operating-benchmark-reports.aspx
Highlights include:
- 23% of sites have taken no training action to prepare for Risk-Based Monitoring;
- 45% of sites are not planning for, or implementing, Risk-Based Monitoring; and
- 36% of sites plan to increase staff at the coordinator level in 2015.
Read the full release here.
Including Women of Childbearing Age in Clinical Research
March 26th 2024In recognition of International Women's Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and Marie Teil, Global Head of UCB’s Women of Childbearing Age Program. They speak about the specific challenges women with chronic illnesses face when accessing appropriate treatment and participating in clinical trials, UCB's Women of Childbearing Age Program and it’s most successful strategies, and much more.
Improving Engagement While Maintaining Data Integrity & Validity
March 19th 2024In recognition of Women's Health Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and uMotif's Chief Product Officer, Julia Lakeland, discuss new technologies improving patient engagement and reducing the emotional and logistical burdens of participation, ethical considerations that should be addressed when implementing those technologies, while ensuring patient privacy, and much more.
