Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – August 1, 2005
August 1, 2005
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Ethical practice starts when study is designed and should be ongoing
Public trust in clinical trial research was damaged in the past year because of conflicts of interest issues that arose with the NIH and by front-page media reports about drugs that had been studied and approved, yet were found later to result in deaths among some people who used them. -
Use past performance to market your trial site
The way clinical trial sites are selected is an antiquated process and yields predictably poor results, a research expert says. -
You can improve your chances of being selected
While it will take a commitment by sponsors and the entire clinical trial industry to make major changes that will improve trial enrollment and study quality, experts say there are some things that individual sites can do to improve their own quality and desirability as a clinical trial site. -
Fair budgets lead to better research
The budget chargemaster prepared by the clinical trials office at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in Shreveport is so detailed and complete, capturing every conceivable research cost, that its rare for the site to lose money on a clinical trial. -
Budgeting begins in the study preparation phase
The first step to developing a complete and accurate chargemaster for every study is to determine all of the costs that would be included in a one-time charge, such as the costs needed at the start of looking at a protocol. -
Improve relationships with research faculty
Being more service-oriented to faculty has been a priority goal for the research staff at Northern Arizona University of Flagstaff in recent years, and improving communication is one way this has been accomplished.