Protecting the Blind in Clinical Trial Shipments

Striking a balance between effective study drug inventory control and efficient management of inventories and shipping costs is not always easy – especially when you are faced with the real-life complexities of clinical trials. The most efficient ways to manage drug supply are: Automated “Predictive Resupply”: These algorithms are used for studies that have high enrollment, fewer …

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Jumping the Hurdles of Everyday Clinical Trial Challenges

Despite your team’s careful planning, unexpected road bumps can occur when a clinical trial is in the field.  We hope none of these happen to you, but here’s how a nimble RTSM would help you handle these situations.   Someone left the package out in the heat! Problem: Your drug must always remain within a …

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Tracking Temperature Deviation with your RTSM

The ability to track the temperature excursions of an investigational product has become increasingly important in clinical trials. Temperature data logging devices are used to record the drug’s environmental exposure from the time it is sealed into a shipping container at the warehouse to the time it is unpacked at a clinical site. The electronically …

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Managing Drug Returns with your RTSM

Drug accountability is important to gathering quality data as well as ensuring patient safety. The problems associated with it remain key issues for clinical trial management in 2022. Using an RTSM (IRT/IVR/IWR) system to manage the distribution and assignment of an investigational product (IP) is a well-established practice. Most RTSM systems include some method of …

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Why being “Study-Team-Centric” Is Important in Clinical Trials

Give Your Clinical Study Team More Power! In the fast-paced world of clinical trials,  immediate access to information and the ability to adapt are critical.  That’s why Veeva RTSM advocates a “study-team-centric” model of clinical trial execution, where our system facilitates putting the study team in control. To be team-centric means to consider the basic …

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