Patient-first Approaches in Clinical Trials with Megan Liles

Power to the Patients

27-12-2023 • 43 mins

Explore the world of clinical trials with our guest, Megan Liles. Drawing from her 25+ years of experience, Megan offers a practical perspective on the importance of prioritizing patients in clinical trials. She discusses the role of patient advisory boards, improving access to clinical trials, and understanding the real-life impact on patients. Megan emphasizes the significance of incorporating patient-centric approaches into clinical trial design.

Topics Discussed:

  • (00:00:00) Introduction
  • (00:01:06) Megan's background and current role
  • (00:05:01) What goes into making patients stakeholders
  • (00:09:03) Why clinical trials aren't already easier for patients to navigate
  • (00:16:24) How sites and site design are part of making patients stakeholders
  • (00:19:59) The success of and concerns about physician referrals
  • (00:25:07) The unpredictability of clinical trials
  • (00:27:54) What Megan thinks everyone is getting wrong today
  • (00:29:49) Flexibility in GCPs
  • (00:32:45) What's productive in the space of improving awareness and access to patients that should be considering clinical trials
  • (00:38:00) Facebook as a tool
  • (00:39:47) How a protocol has to be designed for it to be feasible for the patient's real life
  • (00:41:12) Ideas that looked promising during the pandemic that haven't worked out


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