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You’ve probably heard it all before: The clinical research enterprise has a problem with expecting new hires in what are often basically low-paying, entry-level positions to already have two or more years of experience with the position’s duties. It’s a talent acquisition model that does no one any favors, especially at the study site level where a healthy pipeline of new clinical research coordinators (CRCs) would go a long way to alleviating delays in trial conduct. 

Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) are software platforms that provide clinical research sites and research study staff with the ability to manage all operational aspects of a clinical trial, both at the study protocol level and participant level. A CTMS platform can help streamline study start-up processes, provide real-time visibility into the status of a study, improve collaboration through automated workflows, and optimize financial management processes.  

How can clinical trial sites decrease the most common noncompliance issues cited in regulatory inspections? It’s a big challenge to sites of all types, and one with major impacts on the safe, ethical, and efficient conduct of life-enhancing drug and device studies. 

Expert speakers attending ACRP 2025 in New Orleans next April offer a path out of the recruitment murkiness and into the light in their session on “Best Advertising Practices and Partnerships for Patient Recruitment Success.” This diverse group will present perspectives from sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), sites, and IRBs.

Sometimes in the realm of evolving clinical research regulations, the maxim about “be careful what you wish for” can more accurately be phrased as “be aware of it when you get what you asked for.” Such is the case with recently proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance updating the agency’s expectations for the contents of informed consent forms for clinical trial participants, says an expert who will explain the history behind the updates and their ramifications for stakeholders at the ACRP 2025 conference in New Orleans in April.