Effective Recruitment Planning and Management for Sponsors and CROs

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What does it take to successfully plan and implement a successful patient recruitment and retention program be it at the local site level or study-wide level?  What’s the difference between recruitment sources, strategies and tactics?  What are the elements that fundamentally influence or determine a patient’s participation in the trial?  When and how should recruitment planning discussions take place vis-à-vis the study feasibility assessment process?  What’s the link between site engagement and successful patient recruitment and retention?  If you are interested in exploring the answers to these and other questions, then this seminar is for you.  Going beyond a discussion of advertising and outreach tactics, this course will systematically evaluate both theoretical as well as practical aspects of all of the factors necessary for an effective patient recruitment and retention program.

• Identify common challenges associated with the use of feasibility questionnaires as a means for validating successful site and enrollment performance in clinical trials
• Review the elements of the “clinical trials participation equation” and the factors that should be addressed during the study feasibility assessment and recruitment planning processes
• Examine the key elements that influence successful clinical trials participation from the patient and site perspectives
• Identify the components of a patient recruitment plan
• Discuss traditional and non-traditional approaches to enhancing patient recruitment and retention
• Employ techniques for overcoming common barriers to study participation
• Discuss practical and ethical considerations associated with enrollment acceleration strategies
• Diagnose and troubleshoot common enrollment problems

• Clinical operations specialists, directors and project managers
• Patient recruitment specialists (sponsor, CRO, site or service providers)
• Site directors, research coordinators and site recruitment specialists
• CRAs

The course will be led by one of the following instructors:

Nikki Christison, B.S., C.C.R.A.
Beth D. Harper, B.S., M.B.A.

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Day 1: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• The Clinical Trials Participation Framework
• Study Feasibility Assessments:  Common Practices, Pitfalls and New Approaches
• Validating Enrollment Potential – The Recruitment Funnel Analysis
• Fine-tuning the Feasibility Process:  Theory and Practice
• Recruitment Planning – The Basics:  Study level and Site level planning
• Components of a Recruitment Plan
• Strategic Site and Patient Communications
• Recruitment Plan Templates

Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Regulatory and Ethical Considerations
• Traditional vs. novel approaches
• Patient Sources, Strategies and Tactics – Case Study
• Troubleshooting enrollment challenges
• Global considerations

• Mapping common study challenges to factors influencing successful site and patient participation
• Dissecting a study feasibility questionnaire
• Conducting a recruitment funnel analysis
• Analyzing and developing an effective recruitment plan
• Troubleshooting common enrollment issues

Registration fees include assorted breakfast items that will be available each day ½ hour prior to the start of the seminar. Also included is a Networking Lunch that will be served each training day.

Special rates are available for multiple attendees from the same organization.  Contact Elizabeth Andrews at 781-972-5418 to discuss your options and take advantage of the savings.

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Barnett International is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  Participants will receive 15 hours (1.5 CEUs) of continuing education credit for full participation, including the completion of a pre-test, post-test and program evaluation.  Barnett International will mail ACPE statements within three weeks of program completion.  ACPE# 0778-0000-11-056-L01-P. Released: 9/11.

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For more information, contact Naila Ganatra at (215) 413-2471.