Calyx Cafe

In this episode Rob Delaney, Assoc. Director of Clinical Supply Systems at Regeneron discusses what it takes to form successful sponsor/vendor relationships. Focusing on three critical elements: quality, customer service, and transparency, he explains why sponsors need to hold themselves to the same standards as their service providers in order for partnerships to work.

In this episode, Patient Advocate Emily Epstein discusses the importance of supporting clinical trial patients’ mental health and the impact that clinical trial technologies – including DCTs – may have on patient welfare.

In this episode, Zina Sarif, Cancer Scientist and founder of Yendou talks about the importance of identifying and incentivizing more physicians to participate in clinical trials, to improve patient recruitment and ultimately, accelerate the development of life-saving treatments.

RECIST expert Dr. Oliver Bohnsack discusses a recent study that demonstrated the survival benefit to a subgroup of patients when irRECIST is used instead of RECIST 1.1 for image assessment in solid tumor trials, as irRECIST takes the entire tumor burden, including new tumor growth, into consideration.

In this episode, Brad Hightower of Hightower Clinical Research discusses the benefits of partnering with private practices to diversify clinical trial landscapes and ultimately enroll more clinical trial patients, faster.

In this episode, Willie Muehlhausen discusses how advances in Artificial Intelligence can improve patient eCOA interactions, simplify their #clinicaltrial participation and deliver more valid data to study sponsors.

In this episode, Jen Stewart, ED Clinical Data Science at Premier Research explains the data management considerations of today’s decentralized clinical trials and how the industry could benefit from more transparency into outcomes and lessons learned as we strive to leverage remote technologies to accelerate clinical development in a post-pandemic era.

In this episode, Astra Zeneca Head of Technology Alliances, Kay Smith discusses sourcing eClinical solutions in the ever-changing tech landscape and how sponsors and providers can work together to reduce patient/site burden during clinical trials.

Sr. CRA Tom Miller discusses why clinical trial sponsor’s and investigative site’s objectives may not align and suggests how technology and open communication can bridge gaps to ensure both organization’s success.

Calyx’s Craig Mooney reflects on recent changes in the regulatory landscape that emphasize the investigative site’s ownership of IRT data collected during clinical trials, and considerations for sponsors and solution providers for making progress toward this goal.