Volunteers Are Heroes
Recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial is vital to its success, but once volunteers are in house it’s paramount to retain them through the length of the study. This could be one night or it could be weeks. Also, there could be one in-house period or several where the volunteer must return to the clinic again and again for several over-night stays.
So, the question as a clinical research site is, how do we keep our study volunteers happy and retain them for the length of the trial?
Comparison of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Analytical Methodologies for the Quantitative Bioanalysis of Large Therapeutic Peptides in Biological Matrix
Method Development of an Automated Hybrid LBA-LC/MS Assay for the Quantitative Bioanalysis of the Biotherapeutic Teriparatide in Human Plasma
A Phase IB Clinical Study to Evaluate the Analgesic Effect of GIC-1001 And GIC-1002 on Visceral Pain Under Rectal Distension Using the Barostat Method in Healthy Volunteers
FDA Issues Labeling Change for IR Opioid Medications
On March 22, 2016, the FDA announced that a labeling change will be required class-wide for immediate-release (IR) opioid medications prescribed for pain. According to their announcement, this change is a direct result of the FDA’s “continuing effort to educate prescribers and patients about the potential risks related to opioid use.”