/24-7PressRelease/ - MONROVIA, CA, June 20, 2008 - Kathleen Drennan, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Iris Global Clinical Trial Solutions will be speaking at GTCbio's Global Clinical Trial Operations conference on September 25-26, 2008 in San Diego, CA. Ms. Drennan will give a presentation entitled "Clinical Trials In Kids; A Special Population Requiring A Unique Approach."
Most trials fail due to a lack of a strategic plan with tactics customized to the study population's profile and the study investigator/site needs. Pediatric case studies demonstrate that a sound plan integrating a number of different factors to significantly increase the probability of study success. One of the primary drivers of a strategic pediatric trial plan is market research. Quantitative research applied to the larger target population can yield valuable data about the prevalence and geography of a particular disease and population along with gender, and ethnicity. Understanding what would motivate a parent to consider a child's participation in a clinical trial is key to a successful trial. Qualitative market research in the form of parent focus groups are one of the primary drivers of the strategy and tactics needed to motivate parents into considering a clinical trial for their child. Dr. Drennan's presentation will present a real-life pediatric case study demonstrating key factors as to how a clinical trial should be designed and executed successfully.
The Global Clinical Trial Operations conference brings together leaders, directors, vice presidents, heads, managers, supervisors, and CROs from all over the world to collaborate and discuss the latest developments in clinical trial operations and logistics and covers clinical trials in emerging markets, first-in-man clinical trials, pediatric clinical trials, material storage, distribution, site selection, patient recruitment and retention, technology in clinical trials and case studies of running global clinical trials.
For more information including a detailed agenda, exhibitor opportunities and registration information visit http://gtcbio.com/conferenceDetails.aspx?id=127.
ABOUT GTCbio
GTCbio organizes conferences specifically for the biomedical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our goal is to facilitate the exchange of biopharmaceutical and biomedical intelligence between industry leaders, academic and government organizations, and the financial community.
GTCbio is a subsidiary of Global Technology Community, LLC, a privately held company founded in 2002.
Contact: GTCBIO (626) 256-6405, (626) 256-6460 fax, infogtcbio@gtcbio.com
# # #
Read more Press Releases from Rania Hafez:- Johan Luthman, Global Head of Exploratory Medicine Neurology at MerckSerono to Give Plenary Keynote Address at 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit (Oct. 15-17, 2008 - San Diego, CA)
- Herbert Fritsche, Professor and Chief of Clinical Chemistry at MD Anderson Cancer Center to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio's Biomarker Discovery Europe Conference on October 2-3, 2008 in Dublin, Ireland
- Mike Romanos, Vice President of Discovery Technologies at GlaxoSmithKline to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio's Biomarker Discovery Europe Conference on October 2-3, 2008 in Dublin, Ireland
- Sharath Hegde, Vice President at Theravance to Give Featured Presentation at GTCbio's Bugs & Drugs Conference on September 22-23, 2008 in San Diego, CA
- Barry Eisenstein, SVP at Cubist Pharmaceuticals to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio's Bugs & Drugs Conference on September 22-23, 2008 in San Diego, CA
- VP of Alliance Management & Portfolio Planning at Genentech to Give Plenary Keynote Address at 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit (Oct. 15-17, 2008 - San Diego, CA)
- GTCBIO ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIAL OPERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2008, SAN DIEGO, CA
- GTCBIO ANNOUNCES ITS BIOMARKER DISCOVERY EUROPE CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 2-3, 2008 IN DUBLIN, IRELAND
- GTCBIO ANNOUNCES ITS 4th ANNUAL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DRUG DISCOVERY CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 9-10, 2008 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA
- GTCBIO ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL BUGS & DUGS CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 22-23, 2008, SAN DIEGO, CA
