OBJECTIVES
To recruit 130 healthy volunteers who were pneumococcal vaccine naïve across the PCRN Network – 5 Australian and New Zealand sites.
OUTCOME
- The 5 sites of the PCRN Network exceeded recruitment target by 130%.
- Capped recruitment for each site was increased as recruitment was so successful.
- Time from site activation to first patient screened at all 3 New Zealand sites was 2 days.
- Finding pneumococcal vaccine naïve participants in Australia was a recruitment challenge as
it is a free vaccine for over 65 year olds however targets were still exceeded.
PCRN NETWORK ADVANTAGE
- One centralised contract and budget negotiation
- 17 sites across Australia & New Zealand
- Reduced start up timelines
- Meet & exceed enrollment goals
- Reduced costs for Sponsor/CRO