Global Recruitment and Retention: Indispensible Strategies for Reducing Clinical Trial Timelines

Original Air Date: June 15, 2011
Expiration Date: June 13, 2012
Contact Hours: Earn 1.5 Contact Hours
Level: Advanced
Cost: $119 Regular Rate; $79 Member Rate

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Who Will Benefit
This activity is intended for Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), Senior CRAs, Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs), Clinical Research Administrators, Pharmaceutical Physicians, Pharmacovigilance Monitors, Principal Investigators, Project Directors, and Project Managers working for Biotech Companies, Contract Research Organizations (CROs), Device Companies, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), Pharma Companies,  and Site Management Organizations (SMOs).

Program Description
More and more trials are being conducted on a global platform, while issues of recruitment delay are growing. In this informative session, you'll learn of the current trends regarding clinical trials and how recruitment timelines are being impacted, while learning key elements of proactively addressing such challenges.

Country-specific highlights will be provided to lend concrete guidance, while pinpointing common areas where delays typically arise. The session presenter will also identify disease indication studies that require greater recruitment/retention support, detailing exactly why. Lastly, pivotal tactics will be revealed that consistently lead to timely global recruitment and retention success.

Teaching methods will include handouts and case studies.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees should be able to:

• Discern which areas of global recruitment delay can be mitigated.
• Name which disease indication studies frequently require greater recruitment and retention support to achieve timely completion.
• Identify which pivotal activities are central to successful patient recruitment and retention.

Presenter
Sandra Chase is Vice President of Operations at Healthcare Communications Group (HCG) and oversees all aspects of project management and Marketing Communications departments. She is an international authority on patient recruitment, and speaks regularly at global and national forums on this topic.

Disclosure Statement
Ms. Chase states that she has no actual or potential financial conflict of interest in relation to this educational activity.

Accreditation Information

Continuing Nursing Education
The California Board of Registered Nursing approves the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) as a provider of continuing nursing education. ACRP’s webinar program provides 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit (Program Number 11147-2011-REP-313).

Association of Clinical Research Professionals
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) provides 1.5 continuing education credits for the completion of this educational activity with the completion of the online evaluation form.  These credits can be used to meet the certification maintenance requirement (Program Number ACRP-2011-REP-313).

Continuing education credits/contact hours are awarded with the completion of an online evaluation form, which must be completed prior to the product’s expiration date. Upon submission of the evaluation form, a link to the printable certificate will be made available on the attendee’s My Tests, Evaluations & Certificates page.