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Clinical Research Industry
Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) are conducting clinical trials worldwide on behalf of pharmaceutical companies.
While this increases the patient pool, and the opportunity to get data from diverse ethnic backgrounds at a reduced cost, there is an accentuated need for accuracy in communication.
This pertains not only to the word-for-word translations, but to the concepts of the diseases, side-effects and outcomes being discussed.
A large portion of the communication in the clinical trial process takes place between clinicians and patients.
Depending on the study site and the level of literacy of the patients, the patient-facing materials need to be translated to match their reading levels.
And the cultural component is equally important. For instance, in a recent questionnaire, a patient in rural India was asked,
“Has a partner become pregnant since your last study visit?”
When this was presented to the patients, they were uncomfortable. The translation was 100% accurate.
But the concept was not. In rural India it is relatively uncommon and improper to speak of impregnating a “partner”.
It would have been more appropriate to say, “wife” in this case.
Often CROs must perform back translation and reconciliation, cognitive debriefing, and harmonization of the patient responses, so that the data is accurate and consistent across languages. It is crucial to have clean data for the purpose of the actual data analysis.
Faulty or inaccurate translations can render the trial inadequate and the drug company loses time and potential revenue.
RIC International has been a longstanding partner for Clinical Research Organizations. RIC’s translators are handpicked doctors and clinicians who understand the content based on first hand interaction with patients locally.
Our doctor translators are provided with training on the methodology of the clinical trial process, and the end client’s requirements.
Owing to a strict internal quality control protocol, we are able to provide a Certificate of Translation Accuracy with each project.
RIC International’s unique methodology that clients depend on delivers consistently clear, accurate translation of high-value information.
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