Drat
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I mainly do: Healthy Studies
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Plan b
Jul 30, 2017 0:58:52 GMT -5
Post by Drat on Jul 30, 2017 0:58:52 GMT -5
Question. I'm nervous about this competitive calling and I'm planning on screening for soing else to keep in my pocket as a plan b. I don't feel bad they do this to us with alternates. My question is this. Is it illegal to screen for two studies at the same time?
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Plan b
Aug 2, 2017 13:51:25 GMT -5
Post by Camps out on Aug 2, 2017 13:51:25 GMT -5
I don't believe so, as long as you don't dose. However, I have seen other threads on this site in regards to clinics in the Kansas area that may have banned someone.
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Drat
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Plan b
Aug 2, 2017 14:12:29 GMT -5
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Post by Drat on Aug 2, 2017 14:12:29 GMT -5
Thanks Camp. I went ahead and canceled my plan b. It sucks but they can be an *** if your screening 2 at one time. So they say.
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Plan b
Aug 3, 2017 1:30:06 GMT -5
Post by antecubital on Aug 3, 2017 1:30:06 GMT -5
Question. I'm nervous about this competitive calling and I'm planning on screening for soing else to keep in my pocket as a plan b. I don't feel bad they do this to us with alternates. My question is this. Is it illegal to screen for two studies at the same time? No, it's not against the law to screen for more than one at a time. Just don't get caught by VCT. This post should illustrate to wage-slave recruiters, project managers, study co-ordinators and principal (ahem, principled) investigators the kind of desperation that exists on our end. Is there a jalr.proboards.com for those that dose us?
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Drat
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Post by Drat on Aug 15, 2017 7:46:35 GMT -5
Ok so here is an update. There is no results call for this $29,000 study so I feel slightly more confident. I dropped my plan b along time ago.
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Post by vark on Sept 6, 2017 22:14:26 GMT -5
i didn't get into the 29K study, if it's the same one as about a year ago. my back was too hairy or soing. cost me $400 to go screen. always have a plan b. i'm not sure what my own plan b is, since i've mostly aged out of doing studies. short term, trying to flip a house, long term, social security and a possible inheritence, but in the medium term i'll need a plan b.
it's a good idea to screen for two studies, take the best or the first you get into. it is not illegal to do so. it -might- be illegal for them to coerce you into their study by telling you you can't screen elsewhere. but it happens anyway. covance didnt like it, and the 3 kc area places have a problem with this issue. but other than that, screen early and often. 29K studies don't come along often; mostly we scrape by with 2-5K studies, and it can be a razor's edge to try to make money, so keep a plan b.
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Plan b
Oct 27, 2017 20:58:10 GMT -5
Post by puntkicker on Oct 27, 2017 20:58:10 GMT -5
I had other things going on at the time so I didnt get to try for the world record amount study. Now they have a crappy one that is purely OPVs at both Phoenix and Lincoln, with an amount like mid $5000s. The last 2x,000 was 2 groups of women only/ It's a shame they couldn't find more middle ground with shorter length and overnight stays, instead of pure OPVs. As for antecubital's question, yeah their form of a message board is the dark, smoky room where they discuss our fate and their profits. No message board necessary for them, it's too much effort. Mention the word "collective", and I imagine you will magically stop posting rather quickly. (*wink*)
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Plan b
Feb 9, 2018 12:23:54 GMT -5
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Post by rapunzel on Feb 9, 2018 12:23:54 GMT -5
I’ve not screened here for several reasons: 1- its costly to get there and stay for the complicated and protracted screening process 2- they won’t answer simple and reasonable questions on the phone or allow contact with someone who can, stating “it will all be in the informed consent” This includes the name/number of the drug, which prevents us from checking out any existing literature for safety and side effects and how the drug works to decide if we want to expose our bodies to whatever it is and what systems it might effect, to discern if we want to spend hundreds in time off and travel to screen. The flip side of that is saving them wasted time if its a drug we dont want to ingest. 3- they won’t state whether they use catheters in studies with upwards of 80 draws 4- They won’t say how many participants they're seeking 5- There’s a 4-step screen process, sometimes taking 3 weeks which involves: a. Normal screening procedures b. Competitive call-in (indicating its really not about whether youre actually the best candidate for the study) c. The physical/physician Q&A d. Final notification if youre supposed to show up, and they still won’t say if you're an alternate
To me, rather than being protective (of the sponsor’s trade secret as stated by recruiting), all of this points to a level of diegard and/or dishonesty/subterfuge/diespect that’s likely to carry over into the rest of any possible transactions with this organization.
If other places can provide the above basic info (we have a right to anyway) to set the tone for professionalism/mutual respect and save everyone (including themselves) time and money, so can Celerion.
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