Some sites have used social media and journalist (advertisements, posters, …) during recruitment phase to get the message out. I have not seen real broad implementation of social media and online communication to be used in further trial set up. Perhaps it is an idea to use it during communication of the primary analysis results (that will be known in Q3 2016) and as long term retention strategy. I will put this on the table.
In our trial a lot of the input has been given via face to face discussions. Investigators also sat together with the MD to really discuss potential issues that could arise at their specific sites and how they manage these normally. Where possible, presentations were adapted last minute (with successful outcome). I think this could be taken up more broadly in developing standard templates that then can be shared with all sites/subjects, this on paper and online. We should have a plan in place that deals with these issues proactively, ready at study start. Also really building up a strong GPP network will be helpfull as information and good practices will be shared earlier.
My direct concerns are:
- does sponsor has IT solutions available and will there be sufficient budget for it?
- do participating sites have sufficient IT available or does communication preferably is shared in paper or both (depending on the person it needs to reach).
- time constraints. this new field is developing so quickly within the organization that it is hard to meet trial/program deadlines leaving not a lot of time to really build structural solutions. i know the organization is committing to implement GPP and perhaps higher level implementation is already ongoing but still needs to be deployed…
