Do you remember your childhood vaccinations? Were they just pin pricks in the arm of a child? Actually, they were much more than that. They were the result of a “discovery of an act between bacteria and virus happening for the last billion years” by scientists and then application of the same, to trick your immune system to fight a virus on its own. However, between the discovery and us receiving our vaccinations, extensive clinical trials were run. Clinical trials are a mechanism to collect data and to analyze responses to assure safe distribution of medicines to the billions of lives on the planet. While we as a society are forever indebted to scientists and medical professionals, there are many behind-the-scenes heroes. One such example of unsung heroes is the Clinical Trial Project Manager.
Clinical Trial Project Managers relentlessly “manage the show” with their proactive, compliance-minded, detail-oriented mindset to collaborate and communicate with their entire team including subjects (e.g., people who are participating in the trial voluntarily) and medical professionals to finish Phase 1 and 2 trials in 3 to 6 months. If you already play such a role, congratulations to you on May 20th, which is International Clinical Trials Day! (For more info on ICTD).
Are you interested in learning more about clinical trial project management? Here are a few references to nudge you to jump into this heroic effort:
What does a Clinical Project Manager do?
Project Management for Clinical Trials [Guide]
Effective Project Management of Clinical Trials
Project Management of Randomized Clinical Trials: A Narrative Review
