Dear Colleague:
We are pleased to announce production of CHI’s Second Annual “Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials,” being held May 11-13, 2009 at the Hyatt Harborside in Boston, MA.
Patient recruitment and retention are critical to drug development programs. Patient recruitment, if not adequately planned for, can extend your development timeline by a number of years. Retention of patients throughout the life of a clinical trial is essential in order have complete data sets for your analysis and subsequent filings. In order to optimize both, you have to have a plan. This conference is intended to cover the topics one should consider when drafting a patient recruitment and retention plan for a clinical development program.
Topics to be discussed:
- Planning to market outside of the US? What country specific requirements should you be aware of
- Planning to enroll patients outside of the US? What you need to assess before you proceed
- Identification and selection of investigators: Sponsor expectations; Investigator expectations; Do they really have the patients
- Maximization of patient recruitment and enrollment: Centralized versus site-based recruiting; Marketing/Advertising; Call centers; Outreach strategies; Staff training
- Benchmarking: Are you achieving your recruitment goals
- Planning for recruitment with adaptive trial designs
- Recruitment of special populations
- The art and science of site management: Communication pathways; Data discrepancy resolution; Site payments
- Enhancing patient compliance and retention
- Case studies: Effectively utilizing patient recruitment service providers
In addition, two workshops will be featured. On the morning of Monday, May 11 we will open the conference with a half-day pre-conference workshop on “Designing and Implementing a Clinical Enrollment Plan,” and we will close the conference on Wednesday, May 13 with a special, intensive one-day post-conference workshop on “Ensuring Protocol Compliance and Data Quality in Foreign Trials.”
If you are interested in presenting, please click here to submit a speaking proposal for review. Please note that due to limited speaking slots, preference is given to clinical researchers, regulatory affairs personnel and patient recruitment and retention specialists from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, regulators and those from academic/hospital centers. Additionally, as per CHI policy, a select number of vendors/consultants who provide products and services to these biopharmaceutical companies are offered opportunities for podium presentation slots based on a variety of Corporate Sponsorships.
The deadline for submission is December 1, 2008.
If you are interested in partnering or sponsoring this conference, please contact Arnold Wolfson at awolfson@healthech.com or (+1) 781.972.5431.
This two-day meeting will include keynotes, case study presentations, interactive panels and roundtable discussions. I look forward to your attendance in May in Boston, as well as to your suggestions as we develop the meeting.
Very sincerely,
Micah Lieberman
For questions or suggestions about the meeting, please contact:
Micah Lieberman
Executive Director, Conferences
Cambridge Healthtech Institute
T: (+1) 541.482.4709
E: mlieberman@pharmaseries.com
For partnering and sponsorship information, please contact:
Arnie Wolfson
Manager, Business Development
Cambridge Healthtech Institute
T: (+1) 781.972.5431
E: awolfson@healthtech.com
For media and association partnerships, please contact:
Bethany Gray
Manager, Marketing
Cambridge Healthtech Institute
T: (+1) 781.972.5494
E: bgray@healthtech.com