1. Clinical Trial Educators
The key to faster enrollment and
fewer barriers in clinical trials
Because speed and efficiency have never been more critical to
the success of your clinical studies, Quintiles now offers a
unique resource proven to compress timelines in clinical trials.
Our specialized Clinical Trial Educators can accelerate patient
enrollment, improve site performance and help streamline all
your studies in ways no other team member can.
One Solution to a Wide Range of Problems
Even with careful planning, potential barriers can derail your
study schedule and results at any stage. Competition for sites
may be intense, slowing the selection process. Activated sites
may fail to focus aggressively on patient enrollment or lack the
network contacts to find a particular patient population. Once
enrolled, patients may have difficulty adhering to a complex
drug or device protocol. Other obstacles can arise in data
collection and reporting, protocol errors, regulatory approvals or
patient retention.
Besides increasing your direct costs, such problems waste
precious time, eating away at your patent protection window or
threatening the successful completion of your trial. Specific
issues vary, but many stem from three common denominators:
a need for better education (site staff and/or patients),
increased communication and stronger site relationships. By
providing solutions to improve all three, Quintiles Clinical Trial
Educators have achieved dramatic results in shortening clinical
trial timelines.
Who are these resourceful professionals? Most are registered
nurses, but they may also be certified therapists, pharmacists,
dietitians or educators. All are highly specialized in a major
therapeutic area and highly trained in the planning and operation
of clinical trials. The Quintiles team will work to identify the best
profile for your initiative. Educators are generally, full-time
Quintiles employees, dedicated to a single trial or sponsor. While
their training and attention are extremely focused, their singular
role in a clinical trial enables them to contribute in several key
areas. Foremost among these is patient enrollment.
Increased Patient Enrollment
A Clinical Trial Educator’s primary goal is to accelerate patient
recruitment and enrollment. The reason is simple: 80% of trials
fail to meet their initial enrollment quotas on time, risking losses
of $600,000 to more than $8 million in revenue each day a drug
is delayed.*
The first noticeable effect of having a team of Quintiles Clinical
Trial Educators on your study is a marked increase in site
motivation to screen and enroll patients. The Educators’
consistent, visible presence — by regular site visits, email and
phone — keeps your study top of mind and on track.
Beyond that, Educators fill in recruitment gaps and speed
enrollment by:
Educating the primary investigator and site staff in successful>>
enrollment techniques
Educating other site-affiliated health service professionals who>>
may help identify patients for enrollment
Accessing untapped recruitment pathways through referral>>
networks acquired from past experience, professional contacts
or local inquiries
Informing health care facilities (e.g. emergency rooms) that>>
may refer potential study patients
Reducing otherwise excluded patients from trials through>>
identification prior to initiation of other therapies
Sharing best practices in focus groups of study coordinators or>>
investigators, a significant value-added service
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Clinical Trial Educators
