Site Selection for Clinical Trials

Abstract

Site selection is highly critical to the success of any clinical trial and should be made with utmost care. Proper site selection can not only cut down on the finuncial and monitoring resources required by a trial but it can also help establish the credibility/ acceptability of the data generated. Certain selection criteria should be applied to site selection of all clinical trials, though their relative importunce may vary according to the type/phuse of the trial, the trid objective(s), availablefunds/resources, and so forth. What cannot be ignored is the politicaUeconomic and regulatory climute/stability as these can vastly affect a site’s ability to deliver over the course of a trial.