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Clinical Trials News
Patient Recruitment & Retention in Clinical Trials
November 2008The Clinical Research ESC from ARCS Australia ran a session on patient recruitment and retention in clinical trials - widely recognised as a leading bottleneck in the new drug development pipeline. Speakers including Clinitec's Katie Viviers explored opportunities to assist or improve patient recruitment/retention including:
- Considering site selection: Could regional sites or general practitioners be of assistance, and what do you need to consider when working with those sites?
- Supporting site staff: How to get happy, engaged site staff that remain enthusiastic about recruitment.
- Reaching out to patients: What are some ideas you might consider?
- Use of technology to attract and maintain patients in studies.
- Jane Lawson of Novartis
- Julie Morrison of Roche
- Ana Smeath of sanofi-aventis
Alastair Christian Appointed as Development Team Leader
July 2008Alastair has over 10 years software development experience in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom spanning the complete software development life cycle. Prior to joining Clinitec, Alastair was a Senior Analyst/Developer at Ezypay Pty Ltd where he was responsible for the technical design of new systems and the evaluation and adoption of new Microsoft technologies. Alastair is passionate about utilising the latest ideas and technology in the software development field to deliver high quality solutions for Clinitec.
Clinitec Nano
June 2008As a result of customer demand, Clinitec Australia has developed
Clinitec Nano, an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) that provides convenient, real-time, secure access to a centralised study database to help manage the randomisation process in line with study protocols.
This new alternative system is a cost effective solution for University and Hospital sponsored clinical trials with public funding, and in particular, trials conducted in Australia with less than 50 sites.
Problems associated with limited funding, data availability, inaccuracies and wasteful paper based trials are overcome with Clinitec Nano.
All Clinitec IVRS and IWRS services are fully validated and supported systems which have the backing of a highly experienced development team, equipped to handle your most complex and basic requirements.
Clinitec Nano can be rapidly deployed and is a highly cost effective alternative to paper based clinical trial data collection.
If you would like to discuss the features and benefits of this new system for your clinical trials in the near future, please contact Barry Waller on 0433 083 296.
Exhibit at 17th Annual ARCS Scientific Congress
May 2008
Clinitec showcased it's IVR and IWR solutions at the 17th Annual ARCS Scientific Congress held on 28 - 30 May at the Darling Harbour Exhibition and Conference Centre, Sydney.
The exhibit was well attended and Clinitec staff provided further information on Clinitec services such as IVRS and ePRO to over 100 delegates. IWRS demonstrations were available.
Clinitec's Barry Waller presented an overview of the new ClinitecTM Nano solution for clinical trials with tight budgets on the Thursday afternoon to a number of delegates at the Clinitec stand.
Katie Viviers, Clinitec General Manager, presented at the Clinical ESC sub-plenary on Climate Change.
Congratulations to our prize winners who each won a bottle of Croser Champagne:
Katie Viviers presenting ePRO Case Study at 8th Annual
E-Clinical Trials Event
May 2008Katie Viviers will be presenting an ePRO (patient diaries) case study at the 8th Annual E-Clinical Trials Conference to be held in London this month.
The presentation will focus on selecting appropriate technologies for cost effective, compliant trials with considerations for different diseases, patient age groups and geographic location.
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