Toward a global harmonization of service infrastructure in academic clinical trial units: an international survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians around the world perform clinical research in addition to their high workload. To meet the demands of high quality Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs), Clinical Trial Units (CTUs) (as part of Academic Research Institutions) are implemented worldwide. CTUs increasingly hold a key position in facilitating the international mutual acceptance of clinical research data by promoting clinical research practices and infrastructure according to international standards.

Aim

In this project, we aimed to identify services that established and internationally operating CTUs - members of the International Clinical Trial Center Network (ICN) - consider most important to ensure the smooth processing of a clinical trial while meeting international standards. We thereby

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10602721 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature