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
Site Enrollment Optimization
Bolstering Clinical Trial Enrollment with Site Support Services – It’s All about Relationships On an ongoing basis, the Patient Recruitment Organization (PRO) should provide sites with people, processes, and technology to support the enrollment and retention goals of the trial. We call this Site Enrollment Optimization, or SEO. Acurian On: Site Enrollment Optimization Read More »
Alzheimer’s: A Path Toward A Cure
Every major health epidemic has seemed daunting and insurmountable, until a single momentous discovery – or more often, a critical mass of accumulated knowledge – tips the balance toward a decisive treatment or cure. Vaccines that took a hundred years to conceive are now viewed as a matter of routine care. Cancers that claimed every... Read More »
Patient Attrition in Clinical Trial Enrollment
“Why does it seem so hard to recruit patients for a trial outside of my selected clinical site practices?” This is a question that Patient Recruitment Organizations (PROs) hear all the time from sponsors, particularly when it is increasingly difficult for the principal investigators (PIs) to source the majority of patients. The challenges of recruiting and enrolling patients unknown to the... Read More »
Press Releases
Acurian Expands Partnership with Society for Clinical Research Sites
Contact: Mary D’Rozario Director of Communications Society for Clinical Research Sites 919.890.5513 mary.drozario@myscrs.org Ellicott City, MD, August 23, 2017 – The Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) today announced an expanded relationship with Acurian, Inc., the leading full-service provider of global patient enrollment and retention solutions and a subsidiary of Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD).... Read More »
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 »