Research site

In clinical research a research site conducts all or part of a clinical trial. For clinical trials which recruit research participants in multiple locations, often the research will have a headquarters then multiple regional research sites to conduct the research in that region. In a network of research sites where all are recruiting study participants, sites with low recruitment benefit from coaching from sites with high recruitment.{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=MR |last2=Kenworthy-Heinige |first2=T |last3=Beck |first3=DJ |last4=Asghar |first4=A |last5=Broussard |first5=EB |last6=Bratcher |first6=K |last7=Tommessilli |first7=LM |last8=Antonelli |first8=M |last9=Planeta |first9=BM |title=Research site mentoring: A novel approach to improving study recruitment. |journal=Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications |date=March 2018 |volume=9 |pages=172–177 |doi=10.1016/j.conctc.2018.01.011 |pmid=29696240|pmc=5898529 }}

Characteristics of good clinical research sites include setting good timelines, early participant recruitment, and having a management plan for efficiency.{{cite journal |last1=Baer |first1=AR |last2=Bridges |first2=KD |last3=O'Dwyer |first3=M |last4=Ostroff |first4=J |last5=Yasko |first5=J |title=Clinical research site infrastructure and efficiency. |journal=Journal of Oncology Practice |date=September 2010 |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=249–52 |doi=10.1200/JOP.000109 |pmid=21197190|pmc=2936469 }}

Researchers in nursing have reported challenges accessing the facilities designated for conventional medical research.{{cite journal |last1=Høyland |first1=S |last2=Hollund |first2=JG |last3=Olsen |first3=OE |title=Gaining access to a research site and participants in medical and nursing research: a synthesis of accounts. |journal=Medical Education |date=February 2015 |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=224–32 |doi=10.1111/medu.12622 |pmid=25626753|s2cid=23400038 }}

The design of a research site should have a means of detecting fraud.{{cite journal |last1=Knott |first1=Carol |last2=Henderson |first2=Joanne |last3=Bowman |first3=Louise |last4=Landray |first4=Martin |title=Investigating possible fraudulent activity at a research site |journal=Trials |date=16 November 2015 |volume=16 |issue=S2 |pages=P193 |doi=10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P193 | pmc=4660130 |doi-access=free }}

Researchers who do not have a cultural tie to a research population may have difficulty doing ethnographic research with that community.{{cite web |title=3b- Selecting a Research Site |url=http://www.engagingcommunities.org/proposing-the-ethnographic-research-project/3b-selecting-a-research-site/ |website=www.engagingcommunities.org}}

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• [https://www.asco.org/research-progress/clinical-trials/clinical-trial-resources/basic-requirements-starting-research-site Basic Requirements for Starting a Research Site] from American Society of Clinical Oncology

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