Category: Clinical Trial Units
Level: Bronze
Author: King's College London, Cardiff University & UKCRC
The Impact: <p>Reduce research-related travel, use of paper documentation</p>
Details
While data monitoring is an essential part of all trials to ensure validity, trial-specific travel for the purposes of on-site monitoring contributes heavily to trial-associated emissions, particularly in multi-site trials spread over larger geographic distances, as in multi-country trials, where on-site monitoring can be frequent and often requires long-distance travel.
(These are CTU specfic guidance points - for trial level considerations, see 'References')
(This guidance has been adapted from the Monitering of Clinical Trials: UKCRC Handbook)
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