Webinar on Patient Recruitment & Retention

– Challenges & Best Practices

Patient optimization, recruitment and retention, a key determinant of the success of a clinical trial,   has always been a challenge.  It is becoming more challenging with the increased complexity of clinical trial design, stringent eligibility criteria and the trend toward more targeted patient population.   Considering importance of patient recruitment & retention in clinical trials to achieve the business objective, MakroCare SMO is bringing together the experts from Industry and Site to share their views on barriers/challenges in patient recruitment & retention, various strategies, best practices and new methods to overcome these challenges and reach the targeted patient populations.

Key Topics:

• Challenges in patient recruitment & retention
• Changing landscape of investigational sites
• Strategies, best practices & new methods to adapt
• Mining patient records for recruitment
• Maximizing partnership between sponsor/CRO and sites

Speakers:

	Gretchen E. Goller, MSW Patient Recruitment/ Compliance Strategist-Operations-CSU, Sanofi-Aventis, USA
	Nariman Nasser Director, Participant Recruitment Services, Clinical & Translational Science Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Facilitated By:

Ashok K. Ghone, Ph.D VP-Global Services, MakroCare, New Jersey, USA

Date: 26th May 2011

Webinar: From your own Desk (Internet connection and head set / speakers)

Cost: None

Who should participate?
Clinical Operational professionals in Medical / Healthcare / Pharmaceutical / Biotech /Medical device industries.


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Limited Participants: Maximum 50 only

About MakroCare:
MakroCare is an international drug development partner that is dedicated to efficient, high-level performance in combination with unparalleled client satisfaction. MakroCare has 4 subsidiaries/divisions – CRO, Consulting, SMO and Informatics. MakroCare has teams positioned worldwide in these divisions supporting start  from clinical to  commercializing, regulatory affairs, risk management, trial management (clinical, late phase), monitoring, biometrics (CDM, EDC, Biostatistics, SAS programming, medical writing), QA audits, drug safety / Pharmacovigilance, site management, patient recruitment, informatics (EDC, CTMS, IVRS), contact center and various aspects of drug development.