How the delivery of nursing care and supplies influence the clinical trial experience for the patient
When it comes to clinical trials, one of the biggest issues for pharmaceutical companies is patient recruitment & retention. For a patient, the biggest issues are being accepted & enrolled, then whether they can withstand the demands of the trials. For some, it could be a life-threatening condition and they have exhausted other medical options. The challenges surrounding patient recruitment and retention could lead to missed treatment or patient drop-out; ultimately, this results in lost participants, lost data and for the patient, the loss of so much more.
This webinar, chaired by Sue Lee (Technical Portfolio Manager at World Courier) will explore these challenges and provide actionable suggestions to help sponsors improve the patient's clinical trial experience. Jack Whelan, Research Advocate, ePatient and seven-year survivor of a rare incurable blood cancer will share his experiences and identify some trial pitfalls from a patient's perspective. He will offer suggestions as to how the healthcare industry can make the trial experience better for patients and move medicine forward.
Helena Baker, Vice President of Global Nursing Services for the Medical Research Network, will address how home healthcare can encourage enrolment and aid retention by easing the patient burden.
Enrol now for this webinar, that combines real life experiences with actionable insights to improve studies and discover how companies can ensure when the drug arrives to the patient, it will be used effectively offering the best chance for success and the most benefit to the patient.
Presented by
Sue Lee,
Technical Portfolio Manager
Sue Lee has worked for World Courier for 25 years. During this time she has experienced a variety of customer service and operational functions, including the setting up of numerous, multi national, clinical sites for the transportation of biological samples. She has orchestrated the shipping thousands of shipments with very specific temperature requirements to a host of challenging locations, and each presenting their own obstacles and dilemmas.
Jack Whelan,
Author, Lecturer, Research Advocate, Cancer Warrior & Survivor, ePatient, Clinical Trials
Jack Whelan is a 7 yr survivor of a rare, not-yet-curable blood cancer moving from a career IT Research Analyst to Research Advocate. In Advocacy he's an active with AACR, ASCO, DIA, LLS, RDLA, NORD, NIH's NCTN, ACRES and others and frequent speaker and participant in Life Sciences conferences.
He lives in Andover MA with his wife Jan, has three 'fabulous' daughters and sons-in-law and proud grandparents of four twin-grandchildren including twin granddaughters and twin boy and girl another granddaughter and recently a grandson. Diagnosed in early 2007 with an active Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, a rare lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma for which there is no cure yet, Jack has participated in six Clinical Trials at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, (DFCI) in Boston, MA and Londonderry, NH. He is also treated at Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston.
As an effective e-Patient/Research Advocate, Jack's message to patients is to explore novel targeting molecular agents available in Clinical Trials; when coupled with genetic and genomic information and diagnostics these could be a safer and more effective than conventional chemotherapy.
Helena Baker,
Vice President of Global Nursing Services
Helena Baker is the Vice President of Global Nursing Services at the MRN, where she is responsible for all aspects of the company's nursing service delivery, in addition to clinical governance, nursing strategy and managing clinical risk.
She is currently managing the development of an international nurse training and development program and plans for international expansion of the business into emerging markets across the world.
As a registered nurse, Helena has 30 years of experience in nursing and healthcare, including roles at The Royal London in Whitechapel, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd, and St Bartholemew's. In 1998, Helena founded Helena Baker Associates, working as a healthcare analyst to the pharmaceutical industry, before joining Healthcare at Home and then MRN in 2007.
