- ow integrating cross-functional risk assessment of the feasibility process can enhance site strategy, clinical oversight, system selection(s) product solutions, and long-term trial delivery
- How to identify feasibility approaches that align with execution, not just enrollment, and how a more connected model helped de-risk a complex study
- Practical strategies to elevate feasibility from a planning task to a foundational element of trial success
- Understand the difference between traditional feasibility and true operational feasibility, and why that distinction matters
- Learn how early cross-functional risk assessments can expose delivery risks before they surface mid-study
- Discover how to align feasibility insights with cross-functional oversight, site strategy, and fit-for-purpose systems with customized solutions from the outset
- Explore how an integrated feasibility-to-delivery model can improve performance in high-complexity, high-variability trials
Archives: Agenda
CASE STUDY: Getting a new site up and running: challenges, opportunities and lessons learned
- Top tips for working with and supporting naïve physicians in order to ensure their success
- The importance of maintaining and growing the pool of investigator sites
- Lessons learned for the future: what should you consider when working with naïve doctors?
PANEL: Running clinical trials in different geographical regions: benefits of running trials inside vs outside the US
- With uncertainty and constant change in the US, is the solution to look overseas for clinical trial sites?
- Working with CROs and partners overseas: assessing benefits as well as potential challenges
- Positive and negative impacts of trials abroad on clinical trial finances and budgeting
- What advantages are there of keeping trials inside the US?
MODERATOR Revati Tatake, Global Head of Pharma Research, Analysis and Competitive Intelligence, GlobalData Healthcare
PANEL: Strengthening supplier relationships: strategies for positive collaboration and communication
- Fostering transparent and constant communication with CROs and other suppliers to minimize delays and ensure timelines stay on track
- Ensuring your suppliers’ goals align with your study goals
- Monitoring CRO and supplier performance with clearly defined KPIs
- Aligning on project timelines, milestones and quality expectations from the beginning
MODERATOR
Rich Polgar, Managing Director, Danforth Advisors
Leveraging untapped resources: capitalizing on expertise from non-industry professionals
- The importance of transferrable skills and assessing potential hires based on more than direct industry experience
- Challenging your mindset to expand your talent pipeline
- Integrating fresh perspectives and how this can drive innovation and broaden your knowledge
- Onboarding and supporting cross-sector hires for long term impact and retention
Maneuvering with agility in a challenging landscape
- Why today’s constraints make nimbleness essential
Innovative approaches to accelerate time to market - Creating an ecosystem of collaborations that inspire and enable flexibility
Updates and developments on Tufts CSDD: DIA collaborative study results: using AI and ML in clinical development
- Focus of the innovation and phase of AI implementation (pilot, partial implementation, full implementation) as well as the organizational resources required to deploy the innovation
- Impact on cycle times and costs
- Key challenges to implementation and how they have been addressed by organizations
- Metrics tracked and outcomes that have resulted
FIRESIDE CHAT: Keeping patients and caregivers at the center of rare disease clinical trials: collaborating with patients, caregivers, and nonprofits for better outcomes
- Understanding the provider-patient conversations: point-of-patient and provider discussions to shape trial design that is patient centric
- Survey design: creating questions focused on patient and caregiver needs during the trial and post-trial to keep patients engaged and enrolled leading to better outcomes
- Share your Rare Action: mention your post-session action to improve your process that includes rare patients, caregivers, and non-profits
Beyond the Buzzword: Practical AI strategies for accelerating clinical research
- Define AI use across the biotech industry
- Provide a framework for when and how to incorporate AI into clinical trials
- Uncover areas where AI is relatively easy to use within your current corporate environment
- Share real-world examples of how rare disease focused companies are leveraging AI to expedite drug development