Clinical Trial Rescue Programs
When a Trial Goes Off Track, We Find the Path Forward
Identify the root causes, prioritize the right interventions, and put your clinical trial on a stronger course.
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Programs stall. Resources get pulled, KPIs get missed, protocols turn out to be unworkable in the real world, and every day the program stays stuck, the cost keeps growing. It's optimal to maintain consistent project teams throughout clinical development, but when a program veers off course, the stakes are too high to wait and see.
Veristat has a proven track record of getting clinical development programs back on track. We diagnose the root cause using the data your program has already generated, evaluate what's genuinely at stake in waiting, and move quickly to intervene, whether that means taking over a single service or the entire program.
How Clinical Trials Get Stuck
- Resources (subject matter/medical knowledge experts) are lacking or get pulled
- Internal teams, CROs, or partners fail to meet KPIs, milestones, or critical deadlines
- Project teams miscommunicate or misunderstand expectations
- Protocols are poorly designed, misunderstood, or don't accommodate real-life implementation
- Sites, CROs, labs, and technology vendors are not trained properly
Reasons to Consider Help
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Trial Planning
A regulatory agency (e.g., FDA, EMA) doesn't concur with your protocol or development plan.
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Study Start-Up
Patient recruitment or site activation falls behind.
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Trial Execution
Quality issues or missed deadlines with clinical trial data, study documentation, or deliverables.
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Regulatory Concerns
A regulatory agency performs an audit and you must fix the audit findings, or issues a Clinical Hold or Refusal to File.
Why Veristat
Overcoming Clinical Trial Challenges
We address the roadblocks that stall programs most often, easing patient recruitment and retention by reducing travel burden, removing geographic barriers to patient eligibility, offering a flexible and fully integrated hybrid site model customized to comfort levels, and helping sponsors navigate ongoing disruptions like those introduced by COVID-19.
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DIAGNOSE
Determine the root cause(s) of your key problems or issues.02
ASSESS
Evaluate the risks of not fixing key problems now.
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TAKE OVER
Take over any or all services to support the program.04
TRANSITION
Prepare and execute a transition timeline.PROOF & RESOURCES
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Let's Talk. Connect with a Rescue Trials Expert Today.
We know there are always unknown challenges when bringing a novel therapeutic to market, so we've assembled an extraordinary team of scientific-minded experts who have mastered the complexities of therapeutic development, enabling sponsors to succeed in extending and saving lives.
Frequently Asked Questions
A clinical trial rescue program is a targeted engagement to get a stalled or off-track clinical trial or regulatory submission program moving again. Veristat diagnoses the root cause of the delay, evaluates the risk of continued inaction, and takes over any or all services needed to bring the program back on schedule.
Common warning signs include missed KPIs or milestones, a regulatory agency disagreeing with your protocol or development plan, patient recruitment or site activation falling behind schedule, and quality issues or missed deadlines with study data or documentation.
Veristat follows a four-step process, determining root cause, evaluating the risk of delay, taking over needed services, and executing a transition timeline, designed to move quickly given how costly continued delays can be.
