Optimizing Patient Recruitment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Studies

The clinical trial patient recruitment environment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) studies is brutally competitive. This is having a significant impact upon timelines and associated costs of running IBD studies, often delaying the time to get drugs to market where there is still an unmet patient need.

Successful, timely delivery of studies within this environment requires the proactive utilization of all the data and tools available. Register for this educational webinar that will discuss the following topics, with a focus on ulcerative colitis (UC):

• The impact of a saturated clinical trial environment upon study delivery
• Use of data to specifically target high-performing sites and to identify potential new investigators
• Reducing patient and site burden (incorporating Voice-of-the-Patient feedback)
• Direct outreach to patients (including geo-targeting) and other patient recruitment initiatives
• Bringing the study to the patient through decentralized clinical trial (DCT) solutions

Speakers

Martin Knight, BSc (Hons), Dip Clin Sci, Senior Director, Strategy & Planning, Covance by Labcorp

Martin has over 30 years of experience in clinical research and currently supports the Inflammation, Infectious Disease and General Medicine (iiGM) group at Covance by Labcorp, providing innovative delivery strategies for autoimmune disease clinical studies. This includes leading feasibility assessments, data analysis, subsequent data modelling, assessing study risks and challenges and ultimately recommending the geographic placement for clinical studies. Martin has held various roles within both pharma companies and CROs, including senior positions within clinical project management and client alliance.

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Debra Gerlach, MA, Associate Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Engagement, Covance by Labcorp

Debra has over 17 years of clinical research experience.  Her career began on site where she was a study coordinator for 5 years, followed by 13 years dedicated specifically to global patient recruitment and retention in the CRO and pharmaceutical spaces.  She has strategic and operational patient recruitment expertise across all clinical trial phases and multiple indications with a special emphasis in gastroenterology, paediatrics, rare disease and oncology. Debra currently works as an Associate Director in Patient Recruitment and Engagement at Covance by Labcorp.

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Ryan Kirby, MS, CCRA, Manager, Digital Operations, Covance by Labcorp

Ryan has over 17 years of clinical research experience in healthcare and CRO industries, and currently supports the enterprise-wide Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) commercial and innovation strategy with Covance by Labcorp; to include, customer strategy and trial design, organizational resource development and innovative solution deployment. Ryan has held several roles at the site level, healthcare facilities and CROs. His functional experience spans clinical operations and study start-up, project and team management, and strategic client delivery.

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