TRIAL DRIFT:
Trial drift normally occurs when the interest level in a clinical trial deteriorates and the average knowledge base of personnel involved in a study decreases as the trial extends its time line.

TRIAL DRIFT OVERVIEW:
Sponsors, investigators and support service organizations are faced with a plethora of daily managerial challenges during the clinical trial process. These managerial challenges are commonly known in the clinical research industry as the "Trial Drift" phenomenon. “Trial Drift” is directly responsible for billions of dollars wasted during clinical trials. This waste is often evident by delays in decision making and the failure to streamline the clinical trial process.

—Regulatory agencies around the world are increasingly requesting documented proof that all investigative sites and any personnel involved in a clinical study were appropriately informed, trained and assessed in a standardized manner and depending on the therapeutic area, that proper educational and assessment recalibrations were performed during the term of the study in order to minimize trial drift issues—