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Post by simonsays on Jan 7, 2014 18:10:26 GMT -5
I was going to show up this morning for the first day of a study, but they called me yesterday afternoon to tell me that the study was cancelled. Since this was my first time dealing with Worldwide, I'm just curious, how often does this happen? I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it for me to screen for another study, seeing as how I live five/six hours away. Also, could that maybe have soing to do with why they called me the day before? Like, they don't want out-of-towners because they consider us to be unreliable when it comes to follow-up visits?
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mike
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Post by mike on Jan 8, 2014 15:19:50 GMT -5
Naw it happens, with some clinics more than others, I had Worldwide cancel a couple studies after I screened; I would give it maybe a 5% chance of happening with them. Celerion in Phoenix has done it more often, and more irritating is that it is often on short notice: a day or two or even the night before you're supposed to show up, a couple times I have driven the 300 miles there the night before a study (or a screening) and find they have cancelled. Dicks.
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Post by carmel on Jan 12, 2014 18:30:53 GMT -5
simonsays, you are very lucky they called you the day before! 5-6 hour drive with cancellation would have been aweful. Lots of stories on here with peeps who had no notice at all so consider yourself lucky. Just listen to mike above, he knows that place.
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Post by vark on Jan 13, 2014 23:41:02 GMT -5
it's a good idea to call first before screenings or checkin. usually, no problem, but now and then, you show up and a study is cancelled. my next study got postponed 3 weeks so i had to rescreen, which went ok, but they never understand that means 3 weeks with no pay so i'll make less this year than if they had started on time or i'd gone somewhere else.
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