Registries & Observational Studies

PPD delivers essential knowledge about drug use and treatment outcomes in real-world clinical practice through our patient registries and observational studies group. Our epidemiology, operations, safety and therapeutic experts design and implement the ideal study to:

  • Meet market challenges successfully
  • Address FDA safety commitments
  • Collect the data you need to demonstrate your product's true value

Our Scope of Service

We have successfully managed studies ranging in size from a few hundred sites and patients to those involving thousands of sites, tens of thousands of patients and all major therapeutic areas. A dedicated operations group will design and manage your non-interventional clinical research programs. These programs include:

  • Disease or patient registries
  • Post-approval product registries
  • Post-approval safety surveillance studies
  • Pregnancy registries
  • Research-based physician education programs

Services

PPD provides the following services:

  • Monitoring and quantifying risk potential by collecting real-world safety data
  • Assessment of real-world patient outcomes, including quality of life and treatment satisfaction to better communicate product value
  • Development and execution of studies to provide understanding of product effectiveness in broader patient populations than controlled clinical trials
  • Identification of disease and treatment challenges to develop evidence-based treatment guidelines 

Health outcomes

Measuring health outcomes is often a key objective for registries and observational studies. PPD's experience includes the design and implementation of instruments to collect:

  • Physician practice patterns and decision drivers
  • Quality of life
  • Health/functional status
  • Health care resource utilization
  • Treatment satisfaction and preference
  • Patient adherence
  • Time and motion assessments
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