Coronavirus and Ongoing Clinical Trials. Fear of traveling to a hospital or clinic may be enough to negatively impact enrollment and recruitment of ongoing trials. This measure applies to all healthcare facilities, including clinical research sites. Introducing telemedicine as an option to enable remote visits within a decentralized clinical trial (DCT), provides patients with a safe, flexible, and reliable alternative to in-person visits. MORE

Research coordinators are expected manage several studies and perform other essential tasks. Anyone interested in entering research as a coordinator may be surprised to learn that the coordinator position is not entry level. MORE

Clinical Research Coordinators are tasked with many responsibilities throughout the day. Site Management Study CoordinationLearn more about how to balance each role and responsibility effectively. MORE

The solution enables pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs to evaluate, qualify, train and routinely monitor research sites for studies without physical travel. VirTrial’s VCM platform is a proven telemedicine solution customized to drive adoption of hybrid decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). MORE

Transitioning into a Career in Clinical Trial Management (Sponsor). Before I started my career in clinical operations, I was a technician on a production floor manufacturing oncology drugs. I had an unrelated job, and I eventually was able to transition into a clinical operations career at a pharmaceutical company. I needed to identify whether I had transferable skills for navigating a path into a clinical operations career. Learn More abut Clinical Operations. MORE

In today’s clinical research industry, sponsors are under increased pressure to cut waste and tighten their budgets. Luckily, there are steps you can take that can help increase your odds of selection, while simultaneously making your site a more efficient conductor of clinical trials. Present evidence of a well-implemented plan that ensures total compliance with good clinical practice and FDA regulations. Tip #4: Get creative in your approach to clinical research. MORE

As a clinical study coordinator, what should I do before a Clinical Research Associate (my CRA) arrives for monitoring? ICH Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR RESEARCH: SOP 12. Monitoring Visit, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS FT Research & Development. Monitoring & Auditing of Clinical Trials, Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute. MORE

Scottsdale, AZ (May 26, 2020) – VirTrial today announced a new service designed to enable virtual site monitoring visits in the clinical trials industry. The solution enables pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs to evaluate, qualify and routinely monitor research sites for studies without physical travel. VirTrial is a bioscience technology company providing a stable, long-standing telemedicine platform to transform the clinical trial industry. MORE