Site Selection for Clinical Trials

Site selection is highly critical to the success of any clinical trial and should be made with utmost care. Proper site selection can not only cut down on the financial and monitoring resources required by a trial but it can also help establish the credibility/acceptability of the data generated. Certain selection criteria should be applied to site selection of all clinical trials, though their relative importance may vary according to the type/phase of the trial, the trial objective(s), available funds/resources, and so forth. What cannot be ignored is the political/economic and regulatory climate/stability as these can vastly affect a site's ability to deliver over the course of a trial.