PRA was selected to take over a Phase II haematology study from another contract research organisation (CRO). The project had missed start-up milestones and the client was dissatisfied with the previous CRO’s site management.

Certain challenges are inherent to rescue studies, particularly at the beginning of the trial process.

A timely transition is critical to recover from start-up delays that were incurred prior to rescue, as well as to reduce duplicate payments for the client. In this case, obtaining the necessary information and start-up documentation from the previous CRO was particularly challenging.

PRA needed to implement and update its systems quickly to be able to fully assess the project’s status.