Partnerships in Clinical Trials Asia Pacific: Accelerating Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials

Deven Parmar, MD, Vice President - Clinical Research, WOCKHART, India

Training and experience of clinical investigators globally – should there be training programs on the ethics of clinical trials globally?
-Genomic information in drug development – Extend FDA programs
-India has developed a review of all of the ethics committees.
-Payment compliance – Increase costs results in delays for payments

How can you attack and understand key issues in patient recruitment?
Examine:
- Study design challenge
- Site selection challenge
- Recruitment challenge

How do sponsors select the best countries for their studies?
-How do the patients feel about the existence of the disease?
-Are patients open to finding new cures for it?

How has technology helped with patient recruitment?

Computer and internet use has exploded. There are 31% of patients join trials because they found them on the internet. SMSs are very useful in encouraging clinical trail patients to continue participation in clinical trials.

Innovation ways for patient recruitment
-Use media, convey the right message to your patient.

Patient centric approach has work well for all parties. Patients become better educated and treated, sites see more success from motivated, compliant patient and drug companies.