Adaptive Site Monitoring Reduces Costs by Half: Health Decisions CEO to Discuss at MAGI Clinical Research Conference 2010 West

(Durham, NC: October 20, 2010) Dr. Michael Rosenberg, CEO of full-service contract research organization Health Decisions (www.HealthDec.com), will present a featured session titled “Adaptive Site Monitoring” October 25 at MAGI’s Clinical Research Conference West in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Rosenberg will outline how advanced e-monitoring techniques facilitate a metrics-based approach that reduces field monitoring costs by as much as 50 percent without compromising quality.

According to Dr. Rosenberg, an adaptive monitoring system builds on the same basic principles as adaptive design. But instead of adapting study designs based on interim reviews of patient data, adaptive monitoring optimizes operations based on iterative, day-to-day reviews of operational metrics.

“With the ability to access constant flows of meaningful metrics remotely and in near-real time, monitors can respond more quickly to emerging problems while more efficiently scheduling expensive monitoring visits,” said Dr. Rosenberg. “As a result, drug and device developers experience drastically reduced field monitoring costs, better data quality, more efficient use of resources, and substantially shorter program cycles.”

Part of the conference’s Sponsor Operations track, “Adaptive Site Monitoring (D381)” takes place Monday, October 25 from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. PDT at The Fairmont San Francisco. The MAGI website (www.magiworld.org/events/2010W/program.html) provides additional information about the sessions, including the full program and registration information.

For more information, please contact Katie Hendrick, Marketing Specialist, by email at khendrick@HealthDec.com or by phone at +1.919.967.1111 x116.

About Health Decisions:

Health Decisions (www.HealthDec.com) is a global contract research organization (CRO) committed to helping drug and device companies achieve greater success. Our sponsors rely on us to help them prove the value of their pipelines both faster and with the smartest possible allocation of funds. Through Agile Clinical Development—a strategic combination of adaptive design and adaptive operations—Health Decisions optimizes every facet of clinical research from design protocol to the most detailed day-to-day management, so sponsors can make the most of competitive market opportunities.

Health Decisions is headquartered in Durham, NC, with over twenty years of experience helping sponsors achieve success in Phase I-IV trials across all major therapy areas. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.HealthDec.com.

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Contact Information/Press Contact:
Katie Hendrick, Marketing Specialist
khendrick@healthdec.com
919.967.1111

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