Site Management Organisation (SMO)

DRC has established an SMO system: a network of investigators. The company has special collaboration with County Hospitals, Outpatient Clinics, Dyalisis centres and General Practitioners.

Each trial is conducted by DRC’s dedicated staff, including Principal Investigators, nurses and coordinators. SMO MDs either take part actively in the trial or collect patients - according to the wish of the Sponsor.

DRC keeps in touch with the investigators. The company offers regular general GCP as well as trial-specific trainings for MDs. Whether SMO MDs take part in the trial as investigators or as a doctor referring patients - depends on the structure of the actual trial and the Sponsor’s decision.

If they are investigators, than DRC ensures the administrative coordination of a trial (permissions, contracts), quality control, collection and handling of laboratory samples, drug supply and completing CRF-s. This cooperation enables DRC to enrol a lot of patients into studies and also to have access to special patient populations.