Nicki Norris
Symphony Clinical Research, USA
Title: Novel techniques for improving clinical trial subject retention
Biography
Biography: Nicki Norris
Abstract
Each year thousands of patients drop out of clinical trials for any variety of reasons. Though some dropouts are a result of uncontrollable circumstances, many others are preventable. With over 85% of trials failing to retain enough patients, it is clear, more can be done to boost subject retention. This session will outline a few of the many reasons to subject drop-outs occurring. We will identify innovative approaches for improving subject retention, and risk mitigating strategies for minimizing its impact on study validity. This session will also discuss techniques used within phase 2, phase 3 and open label extension studies to decrease the number of missed visit time-points. Lastly, this session will offer metrics demonstrating the impact of in-home and alternate site clinical services on the number of missed visits, subjects lost to follow-up and overall retention.