Article rédigé par : Kahina Bensalaheddine
Article rédigé par la Société Pharmaspecific, spécialiste en recherche clinique
Dans le domaine de la recherche clinique, nous sommes parfois amenés à appeler le patient ou le participant à la recherche à différents stades du projet de recherche clinique. Il arrive qu’on ait besoin d’appeler le patient avant le projet de la recherche, pendant le déroulement de l’étude, et après la clôture de l’étude.
Missed up files do not exist ! (or almost)
During a clinical trial, one of Site Study missions is to ensure the monitoring of patients participating in the study. However, it happens that during the study, patients do not give any news to the center: they are called the “Drop outs” (or “Perdus de vues” in French).
In a trial, the more those drop outs’ number is important, the greater the results will be inaccurate. So to avoid loss of information that could lead to trial invalidation, we will provide you the best ways to find out your patient: drop outs, don’t exist!
If you are Site Study Coordinator, explore these different tracks with the investigator.
If you’re CRA and your investigator and / or Site Study Coordinator informs you that a patient dropped out, suggest them to explore these different tracks: Continue reading