Managing Satellite Sites and Contacts for Clinical Trials
You manage satellite sites and contacts for clinical trials in the same way that you manage normal sites and contacts for clinical trials. For more information, see the following topics:
For information about creating a site for a clinical trail, see Creating Sites for Clinical Trials.
For information about creating a satellite site for a clinical trail, see Creating Satellite Sites for Clinical Trials.
Satellite sites function in a similar way to normal sites. From a business perspective, it is important to track all the satellite sites for a parent site and ensure that the protocol guidelines are being followed at the satellite as defined for the parent site. Other important issues to note before starting to create and manage satellite sites for clinical trials include the following:
A site can have multiple satellite sites, but each satellite site can have only one parent site.
If a subject visit happens at a site, then all corresponding activities also happen at the same site.
All roll up and roll down of information in the standard hierarchy for the parent site (Protocol - Region - Site) applies for the satellite site. This includes the roll up and roll down of the following information: position, payment, subject status, and contract amount.6-5
Bulk actions carried out at the protocol and region level for the parent site (such as activity, account, document tracking, and payment generation) apply for the satellite site.
The following data is consolidated from the parent site to the satellite site: subject enrolment, accrual payment, contract amount, and payment amount.
The satellite site and parent site can be of different types. For example, even if the parent site is a Hospital and the satellite site is a Private Clinic, the same principal investigator conducts the study for both sites.
The satellite site inherits the parent site’s subject visit template version, principal investigator, team, and currency information by default. Any change in the subject visit template version, principal investigator, team, or currency information is rolled down from the parent site to the satellite.
The subject enrollment of data from the satellite site is rolled up to the parent site.
The payments and contract data from the satellite site is rolled up to the parent site.
The following use cases are supported for satellite sites:
A subject is allocated to a satellite site and carries out all visits at the satellite site as part of the study.
A subject is allocated to a parent site and carries out some visits at the satellite site as part of the study.