Articles / Whitepapers
Dynamic Site Network Models
The Search for Patient Enrollment Certainty: The unfailing ability to complete enrollment on time, every time, has been the greatest yet most elusive need among clinical trial managers. Not that long ago, enrolling patients into clinical trials was much easier. The reality is that where patients come from is changing. Now, a new approach to patient... Read More »
Global Positioning
What defines a truly global patient recruitment organization? Global recruitment for clinical trials is far from a “one-size-fits-all” proposition. Enormous language, cultural, political, and socioeconomic differences exist in many of the countries that are becoming primary outsourcing locations for clinical research. Regional variations and cultural understanding of clinical research need to be taken into account when... Read More »
Alzheimer’s Research – New Paradigms
There is scientific knowledge. And there is public perception. And often, the two collide. Nowhere is this reality more explicit than with the current state of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. Scientists hypothesize, but cannot definitively prove, that tangles of tau protein and build-ups of beta-amyloid plaque contribute to the hallmark cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s disease. There is no specific test for... Read More »
News
The Global Alzheimer’s Crisis: New Paradigms in Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Screening
There is scientific knowledge. And there is public perception. And often, the two collide. Nowhere is this reality more explicit than with the current state of Alzheimer’s disease research. Without a definitive cause or diagnosis – and no cure in sight – many adults see no reason to assess their risk, or determine their cognitive... Read More »
Increasing Enrollment While Reducing Sites
Our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Roger Smith, discusses a new trial model that flattens the top barriers – slow site setup and poor patient enrollment — to completing clinical trials on time and on budget. This model focuses on patients and then sites, and transforms both from trial impediments to trial accelerators. Click... Read More »
Patient Centricity and Enrollment Certainty
With the site-first approach to enrollment feasibility and completion continuing to struggle, sponsors are recognizing the need to embrace a patients-first strategy in order to complete enrollment on time or early. This requires truly understanding the patient as a potential trial participant relative to the study protocol, and owning the full patient experience, not just... Read More »
Press Releases
Acurian Announces Hiring of Tom Privette to Lead Global Business Development
Horsham, Pa., May 23, 2017 – Acurian Inc., the leading full-service provider of global patient enrollment and retention solutions and a subsidiary of Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), announced today that Tom Privette, Ph.D., has joined the company as vice president and head of global business development. In this role, Privette will lead the commercial efforts of... Read More »
Acurian Introduces Consulting Services for Advance Clinical Trial Enrollment Planning
Horsham, Pa., May 17, 2017 – Acurian Inc., the leading full-service provider of global patient enrollment and retention solutions and a subsidiary of Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), has launched a new consulting offering to aid pharmaceutical sponsors in advance strategic planning for clinical trials enrollment. Acurian Consulting Services provides patient-centric, data-driven insights that help drive protocol... Read More »
September 7, 2016 | Ellicott City, Md
SCRS Partners with Acurian to Enhance Site Sustainability in Poland
Ellicott City, Md, September 7, 2016 – The Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) announces Acurian as the corporate sponsor for the SCRS Ambassador Program in Poland. The SCRS Site Ambassador Program brings SCRS benefits to sites in countries around the world. SCRS currently has site members in 49 countries. Countries (in some cases, regions) with... Read More »