November 19, 2018  The deadline for the 2019 Participant Engagement Award is November 30. The award, given each year at the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives—SCOPE, is designed to inspire innovation and change in how the industry communicates with participants in the fields of recruitment and retention in clinical trials.

Regulation in this field has challenged clinical trial researchers to change how they educate and engage individuals to ensure that clinical trials are not marketed or misconstrued as approved treatments. These challenges often lead to engagement designed for regulators and legal review rather than to inspire higher-level creativity for the audience in which clinical trials are intended: the participants who volunteer to help bring new medicines to market.

The SCOPE community wants every clinical trial researcher to raise the bar to bring creativity and ingenuity to the recruitment and retention communication fields by recognizing fabulous work that breaks through these barriers while meeting regulatory requirements.

Submissions are welcome from every aspect of the industry including sites, CROs, e-patient advisors, agencies, start-ups, sponsors and more. All submissions are reviewed by study participants, industry peers, and a panel of industry experts. Submissions are rated for creativity, IRB compliance, legal compliance and overall impact.

Finalists will be selected to present their concepts in a two-minute presentation on stage at SCOPE taking place February 18-21, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Fla.

Find full submission details online: http://www.scopesummit.com/participant-engagement-award