The main service of this SMO includes the Study start up Activities like Feasibility completion, Investigator identification, patient recruitment, site monitoring, documentation, Submission to IEC etc. SMOs will help in reducing the time taken for patient recruitment, which is the main task for starting a clinical trial and also will make the communication easy with the sites and sponsors.
For a multicentre trial the sponsor has to recognize many sites and investigators with all required facilities and experiences. This will be much easier for a SMO with good regional contacts when compared to multinational pharma companies and CROs. SMO can conduct the site feasibility and will be able to conduct the trial with dedicated investigators and staffs in a much easier way than a pharma company which directly conducts the trials at a site. The amount spend by the sponsor organization for conducting site monitoring, site feasibility study, patient recruitment and documentation is very high which can be clearly reduced by outsourcing the above tasks to a SMO at that particular region.
“The benefits of outsourcing a trial to SMO are rapid patient recruitment, accurate and consistent documentation, reduced study timelines due to quicker study start-up, more accurate doctor contact information, reduced site management time, improved relationships with investigators and cost effective”.
A SMO with good contact with hospitals with GCP trained investigators, good patient population and CRC's & Project Managers with proper training is a good option for pharma companies for conducting trials in a cost effective manner.
Ethos Clinical Research Will mainly focus on the Quality and will abide by the Rules and Regulations of the INSTITUTION..
