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Beamer

Aad Liefveld
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05-11-2022 19:50
  Did you miss last week's BEAMER webinar?     Kicking off our BEAMER webinar series this month, we explore the scope of non-adherence with expert panelists from across the EU.BEAMERBEhavioral and Adherence Model for improving quality, health outcomes and cost-Effectiveness of healthcaRe       Click below and watch...Read more

Decentralized Clinical Trials

Marjolein Nankman
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28-03-2022 19:40
Heads up! Looking for a seamless experience for patients within your decentralized clinical trial?Because of their patient-centric approach DCTs will address important patient needs that often go unmet in a traditional, site-based set-up. By nature DCTs make clinical trial participation less burdensome, enable a more representative patient access, help develop a stronger evidence package and...Read more

Breederode University course for research nurses

Marjolein Nankman
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25-03-2022 19:23
Breederode University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam provides a 1-year specific training course for research nurses/clinical trial coordinators to become experts in the field of setting up and supporting clinical trials. Great to see that this course has a specific focus on patient recruitment. This afternoon Simon Klaasen will give a guest lecture and share his expertise in the field of patient...Read more

How to Improve Medical Device Clinical Trials With The Right Partner Ecosystem

Simon Klaasen
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01-11-2022 09:57
Partnerships are a key to success when it comes time for your company’s next clinical trial. In this blog post, we will illustrate how building an effective partnership ecosystem can speed up timelines while optimizing operational activities in a clinical trial while highlighting a recent success story between Essity, Link2Trials, and Castor.   How to integrate partnerships to...Read more

PRESS RELEASE: clinical study for our lead product, pHyph, a vaginal tablet for topical treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV), completes recruitment!

Edwin Swart
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10-02-2022 11:46
"Really fantastic feeling to have finalized enrolment of the 150 patients in our placebo-controlled study in bacterial vaginosis #Nefertiti - What an achievement by the Gedea Biotech AB team, the sites, LINK Medical Research, Link2Trials - and what a milestone for us!"  Read the full press release on the Gedea Biotech AB website: Link PRESS RELEASE: clinical study for our lead...Read more

Decentralized trials are here to stay.

Marjolein Nankman
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19-01-2022 11:46
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Decentralized trials

Simon Klaasen
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13-01-2022 11:46
Not just for a pandemic: Decentralized trials "are here to stay, and they should be deployed in a fit-for-purpose manner" Decentralized clinical trials are here to stay, and the long-term benefits outweigh the higher initial costs and technical challenges of remote...Read more

Patient Site Liaison (PSL)

Tamara Schouten
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16-11-2021 11:46
Link2Trials uses its PSLs to ensure the potential trial participants we refer fit the study in and exclusion criteria. My name is Tamara. I have been working as a Patient Site Liaison (PSL) at LinkTrials for several years now. As a PSL you are the link between a large number of applications and the actual (potential) participants for a clinical study. With a medically relevant background,...Read more

BEAMER project; BEhavioral and Adherence Model for improving quality, health outcomes and cost-Effectiveness of healthcaRe

Aad Liefveld
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10-11-2021 11:46
It doesn't get more patient centric than this!BEAMER the latest EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) initiative is about finding a new and effective way to improve patient adherence to treatment.  BEAMER will focus on assessing and understanding patient needs. At Link2Trials we are honored to be part...Read more

Protocol deviations; tell-tale signs of patient non-adherence during clinical trials

Aad Liefveld
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25-05-2021 09:01
When discussing patient adherence during clinical trials, most people will say that on average it is high and that the issue of non-adherence really surfaces during clinical care. But is this true or are we missing something in clinical trials? I think we are missing something, and the issue is far greater than we think it is. Early drop-out during clinical trials has always been and still is an...Read more

Losing touch with patients is not an option!

Aad Liefveld
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22-12-2020 17:02
In the past few months the healthcare industry has sped up the adoption and implementation of digital remote healthcare solutions to meet patients’ health-related preferences and at the same time overcome the challenges of social distancing and limited human interaction. The pharmaceutical industry is also moving forward on the subject of virtual and hybrid clinical trials. The many...Read more

Join Link2Trials and EFPIA-IMI to improve patient adherence!

Aad Liefveld
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19-09-2020 11:05
Join Link2Trials and EFPIA-IMI to improve patient adherence! It is official now! A few weeks ago we have received confirmation from the EFPIA Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) that Link2Trials has been accepted as Associated Partner for the patient adherence improvement project (Call 23, Topic 6). Patient non-adherence to prescribed treatment is an issue that affects patient health outcomes...Read more

4 pointers for your post COVID-19 patient recruitment activities

Simon Klaasen
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20-04-2020 09:56
In most countries, regular care will be one of the first things to re-start post-Covid-19. With that, some of our clinical trials can re-start as well. We have discussed the re-start of trial recruitment with a lot of sites for a lot of studies in different countries and indications. This resulted in 4 pointers, for you to ensure the re-start of your trials and trial recruitment is as smooth as...Read more

How to communicate with patients more effective

Aad Liefveld
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12-12-2018 07:06
Today early drop-out still is a major challenge we must deal with when running clinical trials. The past few years patient centricity and patient engagement initiatives have generated major improvements. This is the second in a series of articles about a different perspective on the subject and a new and innovative approach to improve early drop-out rates.   Communicating information...Read more

It is all about expectations

Aad Liefveld
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05-12-2018 09:34
Today early drop-out still is a major challenge we must deal with when running clinical trials. The past few years patient centricity and patient engagement initiatives have generated major improvements. This is the first in a series of articles about a different perspective on the subject and a new and innovative approach to improve early drop-out rates.   Early Drop-out; still a major...Read more

Thank you; two words with tremendous impact but too little said during clinical trials

Aad Liefveld
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21-11-2018 19:26
A plea to express gratitude Recently, I shared an editorial article from Nature on LinkedIn about the value and importance of true patient engagement in clinical trials. Involving patients from the earliest start of the clinical trial can and will lead to more effective and feasible clinical trial protocols. Patients are equivalent partners, and researchers need to incorporate patient feedback...Read more

PreCare Trial & Recruitment wins the European Site Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA EU) with a Link2Trials patient informed consent video

Edwin Swart
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13-04-2018 10:30
PreCare Trial & Recruitment wins the European Site Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA EU) with a Link2Trials patient informed consent video   Last week at the 2018 Site Solutions Summit, PreCare Trial & Recruitment was awarded the SPRIA EU prize for their Informed Consent Form (ICF) video developed by Link2Trials. The video informed potential participants thoroughly about...Read more

Why you should focus on retention

Aad Liefveld
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11-07-2017 19:39
Growing costs of drug development Over 95% of the clinical studies fail to meet their original time lines and budgets.[1] Between 2006 and 2016 the global spending on drug development grew from $108 billion to over $148 billion.[2] Clinical trials account for 45% to 75% of this cost[3] and in 2012 the life sciences industry was already spending $1.2 billion[4] on patient recruitment alone! It...Read more

What is wrong with your online clinical trial information?

Simon Klaasen
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07-10-2016 13:19
You ran a very successful online advertisement campaign for your clinical trial and you can see that many people have visited your clinical trial page. Unfortunately, very few follow through on their initial interest. Does this sound familiar to you? Then there is definitely something wrong with your online clinical trial information. At first glance, your advertisement campaign seems to be in...Read more

Join our next webinar: Why social media has to be part of your patient recruitment strategy

Aad Liefveld
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20-09-2016 17:56
Online patient recruitment has proven to be a valuable strategy for finding the right subjects for the majority of the clinical trials. The very large online population accessible on the many social media platforms and the ability to specifically target the study population in the advertisement campaigns make online recruitment the tool of choice. Join our next webinar and learn why social media...Read more

Patient Recruitment; Eight Seconds To Take Off!

Simon Klaasen
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12-10-2015 21:16
According to a recent Microsoft report the average human attention span has dwindled from 12 seconds in 2000 to only 8 seconds in 2013. That is even less than a goldfish! These 8 seconds are very important because the average visitor of your website or portal will leave if he doesn’t find the information he is looking for in this very short timeframe. It has already been mentioned in an...Read more

Patient Centricity; It Is NOT About The Patient!

Aad Liefveld
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09-10-2015 23:49
The more I read about patient centricity, the more I get the eerie feeling that there is something wrong, something missing. At first glance the concept is very clear, the strategy and tactics are right and the tools put to use all have an added value. But it still doesn’t feel quite right to me. So what is it? Being responsible for business development, I fully understand why the...Read more

Patient centric recruitment; will technology make it happen?

Simon Klaasen
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06-10-2015 22:26
When reading about patient centricity one might get the impressions that technology will make it all happen. A lot of money is spent on portal solutions to make trial information more accessible for patients, and on mobile apps that will make it easier for patients to share the information the industry needs from them. But looking at these solutions the question pops to mind how all of this will...Read more

Online media rapidly taking over traditional media as news source

Aad Liefveld
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03-09-2015 14:59
According to data published by Zenithoptimedia, between 2010 and 2014 the average time people spent online grew from 60 to 110 minutes per day. At the same time newspaper and magazine consumption dropped by 26% and 19%, respectively. You will find more statistics at Statista   Moreover, according to a study by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism very few people consider print...Read more

Join us at the 2015 CTIP Event in Frankfurt on 22-23 October 2015!

Aad Liefveld
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28-08-2015 18:24
This year’s Clinical Trials Innovation Program (CTIP) will be held in Frankfurt on 22-23 October 2015. The CTIP is an exclusive, invitation only event and each year helps senior executives from Pharma & Biotech industries to forge strong and lasting business relationships and to share best practice and knowledge about the very latest issues affecting the industry.  The event will...Read more

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