How A Clinical Trial Gets Stuck
Clinical programs get stuck all the time, and many times, there is no one to blame. Sometimes the best intentions and decisions do not work out as planned. A few examples include:
- Resources (subject matter/medical knowledge experts) are lacking or get pulled, and the work can no longer be done in-house
- Internal teams, CROs, or partners fail to meet KPIs, milestones, or critical deadlines
- Project teams (including internal departments/vendors) miscommunicate or misunderstand expectations
- Protocols are poorly designed, misunderstood, or don’t accommodate real-life implementation situations
- Sites, CROs, Labs, technology vendors, etc. are not trained properly on execution nuances
