Conversations in Clinical Trial Readiness
What Do You Do When You Don't Have Enough Trial Locations? with Krystyna Kowalczyk
Episode Summary
Krystyna Kowalczyk joins Kelly Ritch, EVP of Product and Clinical Research Solutions at ArcheMedX, to discuss innovation and leadership in oncology clinical trials. The founder and CEO of OncoBay Clinical, Krystyna shares her efforts to break the mold when it comes to cancer research, and some obstacles she’s encountered and successes she’s earned along the way.
Episode Notes
Topics covered and questions you’ll uncover during this episode:
- The three tenets of OncoBay’s approach to cutting-edge cancer research
- How to prepare staff for the complexities of a 21st-century oncology trial
- Why we need to evolve from serial to real-time data assessment
- OncoBay’s “just-in-time” enrollment model (and a touching success story)
- Why investing up-front in site preparedness is critical to maximizing impact in research
- How the just-in-time model can help address diversity challenges in enrollment
- Why new technologies and methodologies often create discomfort, and what leaders can do about it
- How you can make 1 + 1 equal 3 when you combine tools effectively
- Why putting together the right team is both more challenging and more critical than putting together the technology
- What Krystyna looks for when assessing potential team members
- Why she’s excited for the next generation of industry employees
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