An effective clinical trial design is crucial for a successful clinical research programme as it helps in maintaining the accuracy, safety, and timely execution of the study across all sites.

While adaptive and innovative clinical trial planning can help in reducing overall time, expense, and risk in the drug development programme, poor planning or design is a major cause of issues or errors in clinical trials. A clinical trial failure can put a significant financial burden on sponsors.

Companies designing clinical trials offer knowledge and support for tailoring the design according to research objectives and addressing specific business goals.

Discover the top clinical trial design services and companies in clinical research

Clinical Trials Arena has listed the leading clinical trial design services providers, including clinical trial protocol creation companies, based on its intel, insights, and decades-long experience in the sector. The list includes providers of various products and services, including:

  • Adaptive clinical trial designs
  • Statistical and analysis planning for clinical trial protocols
  • Clinical consultation
  • Calculation of statistical sample size
  • Selection of endpoint and confirmation
  • Resource planning, protocol writing and review
  • Scheduling randomisation
  • Cost estimation and regulatory consulting
  • Literature review
  • Designing case report form
  • Clinical hypothesis consultation, and
  • Interim analysis
  • Management of planning and forecasting
  • IRT, RTSM and Clinical Trial drug supply forecasting, planning and management

The information contained within the download document is intended for clinical research coordinators, clinical research statisticians, research associates, clinical scientists, clinical science directors, clinical trial associates, project specialists, clinical data analysts, clinical data associates, clinical SAS programmers, statistical programmers, pharmacovigilance executives, consultants, clinical trial managers, product managers, supervisors, and any other individual involved in clinical trial design services.

The document contains detailed information on the suppliers and their offerings, alongside contact details to aid your hiring decision.

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Creating a clinical trial protocol

Developing a clinical trial protocol is essential to ensure the trial participants’ safety and the integrity of the collected data. The complexity of the protocol is decided by the type of clinical study that will be conducted such as multi-site and interventional.

The companies influencing clinical trial protocol creation use their expertise, real-world data, and advanced analytics to identify the issues in the trial design proactively and minimise the risk of modifications and delays, optimise expenses, and avoid potential roadblocks by developing a clear, scientifically sound protocol design for the execution of the research without risking the integrity of its primary and secondary objectives.