Fulfilling enrollment numbers for clinical trials and providing the required data is of utmost concern to industry. Subject selection must be accurate and swift to meet deadlines. Recruitment remains one of the most difficult aspects of clinical research and choosing sites that will produce good clinical data of truly ill patients is always hard. Literature suggests that, although private research sites often achieve enrollment numbers in a timely fashion, academic center subject selection frequently represents sicker patients with a subsequent lower placebo response. How then does industry and its partners determine the appropriate sites for a multi-center trial to achieve success?

This presentation reviews the important aspects of site selection with respect to academic medical centers, with the goal of maximizing efficiency and productivity of all those involved and increasing the probability of study success.

This audio conference covers:

• Recruitment barriers for both private and academic research sites
• Benefits and risks of choosing sites with respect to performance and productivity
• Why productive sites are those with community partnerships and a focus on education
• How productive academic research sites provide medical access to individuals and function as a triage for referrals

About the speaker:

Anita S. Kablinger, MD, CPI, has spent 15 years conducting clinical research and successfully built a Psychopharmacology Research Unit in Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, LA. The research staff of eight conducted over 100 clinical protocols spanning the ages of 3-99 in all areas of mental illness. Community partnerships focusing on education, advocacy and communication was well respected and earned Dr. Kablinger numerous awards. Dr. Kablinger has now moved to CC-VTCSOM where she will be developing clinical research and partnering with the new Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in bringing translational research and clinical applications to life.

Who should attend?

• Recruiters
• Investigators
• Project Managers
• Project Development
• CROs
• Site Selection Managers
• Academic Medical Center Research Offices