Clinical Researcher—January 2020 (Volume 34, Issue 1) SITE STRATEGIES Bree Burks As the age of blockbuster drugs has given way to precise, impactful treatments that are customized for rare diseases and individual patients, the volume of clinical trials has compounded. In 2007, there were 48,290 clinical trials recorded worldwide while more than 322,100 trials […]
Clinical Researcher—January 2020 (Volume 34, Issue 1) PEER REVIEWED Robert Jeanfreau, MD, CPI; Nathan Best Attributes of the thorough documentation of research data, endorsed worldwide by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the International Council for Harmonization (ICH), and the World Health Organization (WHO), are embodied in the ALCOA acronym, first used by […]
Clinical Researcher—January 2020 (Volume 34, Issue 1) PEER REVIEWED Marina Albuquerque de Souza Dantas, MD; Lacey B. Robinson, MD; Elie Mitri; Catalina Gallegos; Ashley F. Sullivan, MS, MPH; Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH Medical records are a valuable source of data for clinical research, and the ongoing shift to electronic medical records (EMRs) […]
Clinical Researcher—January 2020 (Volume 34, Issue 1) CHAIR’S MESSAGE Paul Evans, PhD In the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life, hero George Bailey learns what the world would have been like had he never been born. For the few of you who haven’t seen it, I won’t ruin the film. Suffice to say, the […]
Clinical Researcher—January 2020 (Volume 34, Issue 1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Jim Kremidas One of the best parts of my job here at ACRP is the opportunity to meet so many of our interesting members and “take the pulse” of what belonging to the Association means to you. I’ve been inspired countless times since I […]
