Clinical Insights & Engagement

Patient & Care Partner Advisory Boards

• What kinds of research and engagement approaches can CISCRP support?

  CISCRP tailors its approach to the goals of each initiative, drawing from a range of research and engagement methods, including advisory boards, interviews, surveys, workshops, communication testing, journey mapping, and other qualitative and mixed-method approaches. These activities are designed to generate actionable evidence that informs clinical development, healthcare initiatives, participant experience, and stakeholder engagement strategies.

• Who does CISCRP engage to collect healthcare and research insights?

  CISCRP engages a wide range of stakeholders, including patients, care partners, healthcare professionals, clinical research site personnel, advocacy leaders, and community representatives. This broad perspective helps organizations make more informed and inclusive decisions.

• How can site feedback improve clinical trial execution?

  Site personnel can provide practical insight into workflow challenges, staffing considerations, recruitment barriers, visit logistics, and protocol complexity. This feedback can help sponsors identify operational risks and improve study implementation.

• How can stakeholder insights support better clinical development decisions?

  Stakeholder insights can help sponsors understand the real-world needs, preferences, and challenges of patients, care partners, healthcare professionals, site personnel, advocacy leaders, and communities. These insights can inform decisions related to study design, protocol feasibility, participant communications, recruitment strategies, and patient-centered research outcomes.

• What therapeutic areas can CISCRP support?

  We can review protocols across a variety of therapeutic areas including but not limited to Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Immunology, Rare Disease, Pediatric, and Genetic.

• How is CISCRP different from traditional market research firms?

  CISCRP is an independent nonprofit organization with extensive experience in the clinical research space. We help organizations understand the experiences, needs, and priorities of patients, care partners, healthcare professionals, and sites, transforming those perspectives into actionable evidence that informs real-world decisions across the drug development lifecycle.

• What countries does CISCRP support?

  We support over 35 countries around the world. We have a network of skilled moderators, which allows us to conduct advisory boards in a variety of languages. All ex-US advisory boards and/or interviews conducted in a language other than English can be simultaneously interpreted to English in real time.