Nerve Pain Study
for Oncology: treatment of chronic neuropathic pain in cancer patients
Challenge
- Develop a ‘rescue strategy’ for a clinical study not achieving its subject recruitment and retention objectives.
- Keep study top of mind and motivate both subjects and local site study staff to study completion.
Solutions
- Comprehensive program to motivate and retain study subjects; support study staff efforts with study subjects.
Result
- Subject recruitment objectives achieved.
- Success of effort attributed to quality of support materials informing and motivating study subjects and staff to study completion.
Project Scope: 1. Subject recruitment and retention. 2. Study coordination and pharmacist motivation and appreciation. 3. Support select study sites through a ‘patient advocacy’ program directed at local community organizations.
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recruitment, retention, oncology, cancer, palliative care, nerve pain

