Logistical Planning for Trial Delivery

Clinical trials are big and sometimes ferocious beasts to manage, requiring careful planning to ensure that they run effectively through to completion. In trials of investigational medicinal products, guaranteeing the prompt supply of drug products can be a challenge; trials are becoming larger; complex dosing regimens often require drug packaging to be flexible and usable in multiple study countries. Other types of trials have their own specific hurdles to overcome, for example trials involving medical devices must ensure these machines or apps are tested regularly to ensure consistent compliance. And someone needs to think about the containers for blood sampling and how to move them around the country.  Without logistical preparation a trial can be delayed or halted and data collection points missed, ultimately affecting the validity and usefulness of trial results.