As the theme of this year’s ACRP Clinical Trials Day program celebrates, we are collectively powered by purpose; yet, we are often distracted from it as inefficiencies in how we collaborate bog us down in our day-to-day. According to Advarra’s 2024 Site-Sponsor-CRO Collaboration Survey, less than half of sites said their relationship with sponsors is collaborative, and just 31% said they had a collaborative relationship with CROs.

Technology has undeniably contributed to growing chaos at research sites. Seventy percent of sites report using more than six systems per trial, and for the first time, managing these systems is their top challenge. The impact is significant: 52% of sites are struggling to take on new studies, and sponsors are seeing a 45% increase in timelines from protocol approval to first-patient-first-visit.