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Critical Success Factors For Planning For Site Selection And Patient Recruitment Planning
September 11, 2009
•Feature Article: Critical Success Factors For Planning For Site Selection And Patient Recruitment Planning
By Beth D. Harper and David Zuckerman
Effective site selection and patient recruitment practices present key opportunities for accelerating clinical trials. Proactive planning and a systematic approach can ensure a clinical trial's success. The critical success factors outlined in this article can help sponsors gain greater control over the factors most often cited for delaying clinical trials.1 Important factors include efficient site selection, recruitment planning, and sophisticated protocol simulation techniques.
Successful subject recruitment is inextricably linked to a feasible protocol design and qualified, wellsuited, well-managed investigative sites. External factors such as the regulatory climate and the competitive landscape affect study outcomes but may be harder to predict or control. Internal factors comprise both quantitative and qualitative aspects of study design: identifying, selecting, and managing sites as well as planning for subject recruitment and retention. "Factors That Influence Successful Study Outcomes" offers guidance for developing the protocol and planning site selection and subject recruitment sponsors should evaluate and consider all of those factors.
Reprinted with permission from BioExecutive International 2(6):S16-28 (June 2006)
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