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Our team of epidemiologists, statisticians and regulatory experts can offer the following support:
• Establishing together with clinicians the scientific question and hypothesis
• Finding a suitable study design
• Sample size calculations
• Defining the PICO components: Study Population, Intervention, Comparison and Outcomes (suitable variables and study endpoints)
• Examining ethical and regulatory obligations, including study categorization and choosing the correct protocol template
• Budget planning and assistance with grant applications
Our team of project managers, regulatory experts and statisticians can offer the following support:
• Preparing a statistical analysis plan and drafting the corresponding section of the study protocol
• Assistance in drafting and reviewing all study documents
• Creating awareness of patient and public involvement (PPI): phrasing of PPI plans when applying for funding, assistance with carrying out PPI activities
• Setting up and maintenance of trial master file (TMF) and investigator site files (ISF)
• Submitting initial files or amendments to ethics committees, Swissmedic and other authorities
• Carrying out study registration, e.g. on clinicaltrials.gov
• Supporting contract management: drafting Data Transfer Agreements, Material Transfer agreements, and Clinical Trial agreements
Our team of quality managers, monitoring experts and data managers can offer the following support:
• Establish a quality management system (QMS) tailored to your requirements
• Develop, implement and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Monitoring activities: creating a monitoring plan, monitoring local IITs, training potential monitors
• Centralized data monitoring: automated reports for the study team to ensure completeness of database.
Our team of data managers and data scientists can offer the following support:
• “REDCap full service”: we create a customized database tailored to your project needs.
• “REDCap light plus service”: we provide you with a database template and ongoing guidance throughout the time that you create your own database.
• Assistance in automated data collection from sources like data warehouses (DWH)
• Establishing randomization
• User management tasks such as account and center setup and role definition
• Centralized data monitoring
Our team of biostatisticians can offer the following support:
• Protocol development (Statistical methods)
• Sample size calculation
• Consistency check after data transfer
• Writing of a statistical analysis plan
• Data analysis based on SAP
• Visualisation of results
• Formulation of key findings
• Scientific publication/report and support for review process
Our native English speaker and expert in medical writing can offer the following support:
• Manuscript preparation: depending on your needs we offer:
o Proofreading: Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and other language errors.
o Copyediting: Improving clarity, consistency, flow, style, and compliance with journal guidelines.
o Reviewing (pre-submission): Providing qualitative feedback on manuscript before journal submission, including structure, scientific argumentation, logical flow, completeness, and readability.
• Journal submission and resubmission support:
o Preparing and formatting manuscripts for submission.
o Assisting with manuscript submission through the journal’s submission system.
o Reformatting manuscripts for submission to another journal, if required.
• Revision support:
o Assisting with the preparation of revisions and point-by-point responses to reviewers after peer review
• Scientific communication:
o Preparing graphical abstracts, presentation slides, visual abstracts, and social media material to communicate research findings.
• Teaching:
o How to write a scientific paper
