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April 14/2020

news roundup

Join CISCRP’s Virtual Medical Hero Appreciation Fitness Challenge!

The 2nd Annual Medical Hero Appreci-a-thon brings the global clinical research community together to express their appreciation for all “Medical Heroes”—medical and healthcare professionals, researchers and study volunteers. CISCRP invites participants to track their form of exercise—cycling, running, elliptical, weightlifting, sit-ups, yoga, stair climbing, pet-walking and more.



Greenphire Extends Service with Clean Transport Vehicles

Greenphire has expanded its ConneX concierge travel solution to include a ConneX Patient Direct service. The new service provides "clean transport" for medications, equipment, and healthcare professionals to visit patients in their homes. The vehicles used for transportation will be cleaned and sanitized after each use, ensuring the safety of both healthcare workers and patients.


4G Clinical Launches Direct-to-Patient Platform

4G Clinical’s launch of its Direct-to-Patient (DtP) clinical trial platform offers sponsors the ability to ship drug from sites to the patient's home.


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Use of RWE in Clinical Development to Enhance Regulatory Submission
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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In this edition

The Need for Virtual Trials: A Site’s Perspective
6 Steps to Support Needs of Patients and Sites During the Pandemic


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Outsourcing to CROs: Expediting Clinical Operations or Oversight Nightmare?
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1pm EDT | 12pm CDT | 10am PDT
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Articles

The Effect of COVID-19 on Clinical Trials: Survey Results

Clinical SCORE surveyed 363 clinical trial sites across a range of settings, provider specialties, and countries to uncover the effect of the pandemic. Results include that trials are struggling for reasons beyond social distancing, as the demand for staff and supplies are diverting resources away from sites attempting to continue trials.


6 Steps to Support Needs of Patients and Sites During the Pandemic

The author offers some steps to ensure that patients remain safe and enrolled in studies, and that all stakeholders ensure sites are enabled to meet trial goals.


Blog Posts

A Time for Inflection or Reflection?

Sarah Beeby, EVP, GM Life Sciences for Clinithink, wonders if the pandemic is a time to question and re-think clinical research, and asks, “What if we focused on the potential of that data to reinvent the somewhat constricting models of traditional randomized clinical research?”

The Need for Virtual Trials: A Site’s Perspective

In this Q&A, Vivienne van de Walle, MD, PhD, CPI, FAPCR, co-founder and owner of PT&R (PreCare Trial & Recruitment), an independent research site in The Netherlands, discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on her site, clinical research as a whole and the need for virtual trials.

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