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Running a Study July 8, 2020 1 Minute Read

Electronic Source (eSource) vs. Electronic Data Capture (EDC): What’s the Difference?

Electronic Source (eSource) and Electronic Data Capture (EDC) are increasingly popular technologies for collecting and managing clinical trial data. The two types of systems are less similar than their names suggest. Interested in learning more about eSource? See why Clinical Research IO’s system is leading the industry by requesting a demo of our software.

Running a Site

9 Minute Read - July 8, 2020

How I Built and Sold the World’s Largest Late-Phase Clinical Research Site

How did you get into research? I got started in clinical research as an undergrad. There was a group of physicians from Harvard that came to the University of Cincinnati, where I was studying, who started a centralized research office. I was part of that team. The first 2 years I coordinated, and my last...

Running a Study

20 Minute Read - July 8, 2020

What’s it like to be a Clinical Research Monitor? A Day-in-the-Life With a Top CRA

Disclaimer: The examples noted in the following article are all firsthand accounts of the author, but for the purpose of this article have been combined into a single site visit. The visit depicted below is an aggregate of many sites and studies and is not necessarily an exact representation. The original version was written entirely...

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3 Minute Read - July 8, 2020

3 Tips to Create Outstanding Clinical Trial Source Documents

Creating exceptional clinical research source documents is crucial for successful clinical trials. The best way to ensure that your source documents are ready is to know and understand the Clinical Study Protocol (CSP), which serves as the basis for your source documents. Use the CSP as your primary reference when creating source documents. This is...

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6 Minute Read - July 7, 2020

7 Steps to Train a Super Clinical Research Coordinator

Between loads of emails and back-to-back patients, the clinical research super-coordinator swiftly and accurately manages your site’s data collection, leaving you with peace of mind at the end of a long day. One can only imagine what might happen without a super-coordinator by your side…the horror! Unfortunately, it’s more common than many site owners would...

Running a Site

2 Minute Read - July 7, 2020

Clinical Research Industry Trends: The Rise of Remote Clinical Research Coordinator Jobs

With trial activities ramping up at both the site and sponsor levels, it is inevitable that the amount of work for sites will increase. In preparation, sites should start thinking about how to bring back site staff and how work should be distributed amongst them. One great option that sites can consider is developing a...

Running a Study July 7, 2020 3 Minute Read

This is Why Remote Monitoring in Clinical Trials is Slower Than Expected

Most clinical trials are conducted with onsite monitoring, where a clinical research assistant (CRA) visits the site to perform source data verification, drug accountability, and other review functions. As COVID has imposed significant travel restrictions and stay at home mandates, many CRAs cannot currently perform on-site visits; even if they could, many of their sites...

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3 Minute Read - July 7, 2020

How Research Networks and SMOs Are Successfully Operating During Coronavirus

CRIO reviewed the websites of 49 large clinical research sites and site networks (identified from public literature searches and CRIO’s own database) to review whether they’ve posted public information about their response to the pandemic. Of the 40, 17 did. Of the 17, 7 happen to be CRIO clients. Here is a summary and several...

Running a Site

2 Minute Read - July 7, 2020

Electronic Source (eSource) For Clinical Trials: Why Now?

Though Electronic Source (eSource) has been around for 10 years, it’s only recently started to gain momentum among clinical research sites. Why is now the perfect time for eSource adoption? This article, written by CRIO co-founder Raymond Nomizu, explains why eSource makes sense today.   Introduction to Electronic Source For Clinical Trial Sites Electronic Source,...

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5 Minute Read - July 6, 2020

The 5 Stages of an FDA Audit for Clinical Trial Sites

Hear what it feels like to endure an FDA audit as a Principal Investigator or clinical research site owner, based on interviews with current or former site owners and operators. Stage 1 of an FDA Audit: Anticipation One mistake could ruin your clinical trial site… Unfortunately, many site owners and principal investigators live in constant...

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6 Minute Read - July 6, 2020

7 Tips to Manage Your Clinical Research Workload

At Clinical Research IO we work with thousands of clinical research professionals, such as clinical research coordinators, each day. As a CRIO Project Manager, I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to develop one-on-one relationships with my clients — relationships that are more than just your typical software vendor-customer contracts. I spend a lot of...

Running a Site

7 Minute Read - July 6, 2020

Follow These 3 Steps to Boost Your Clinical Trial Advertising

If advertising your clinical trial for patient recruitment is tough for your research site, you aren’t alone. According to the National Institute of Health, among U.S. investigators participating in a clinical trial, “75% of investigators fail to enroll the target number of subjects.” This issue could spell trouble for you, translating to less revenue and...