The Science Behind is uniquely able to offer services to support Phase I clinical trials during volunteer screening and trial to facilitate the reduction of overall development costs, enable higher confidence of success and potentially accelerating the process.
Protocol Design
We understand that good protocol design is critical to securing valuable insights of drug effects that go towards de-risking and informing future pipeline decisions. Our neuroscience research consultants combined have decades of experience designing and developing protocols for stimulating and imaging the brain and central nervous system, that are grounded in scientific evidence and academic rigor.
Working with you, our team will identify and select the appropriate tests and measures based on your drug candidate mechanism of action, data from clinical studies and/or other academic and scientific literature, to build you a tailored solutions that gives you meaningful, objective endpoints while seamless integrated with pharmacokinetic and other clinical trial measurements.
Integrated Solutions
From transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) through to EEG through to peripheral stimulation, we provide a comprehensive range of integrated non-invasive solutions to stimulate and image specific regions of the brain, crucial for objectively understanding neural pathways and exploring therapeutic interventions.
Resourcing for Data Acquisition
Working to standard operating procedures and good clinical practice, we deploy highly trained and experienced neuroscience researchers and technicians on each clinical trial. Each team member is trained on the specifics of the technology solution designed for the study as well as the study data acquisition protocol itself. At the heart of this training is a focus on consistently good quality data acquisition.
Frequently Asked Questions
We have standard SOPs for use of equipment and clearly define and document each step of every protocol we design and develop. Our data acquisition researchers are trained on our SOPs and on each protocol and signed off by the appropriate member of staff before being deployed on a clinical trial.
The Science Behind is not a CRO in the traditional sense. We provide specialist research services to CROs which are augmented into a broader clinical trial design. As part of our Clinical Research Services we are able to support the preparation of documentation for ethical and regulatory approval with regards to the services we are being asked to provide.
Deploying the tools and techniques for each specific neuroscience clinical trial requires a particular set of knowledge, skills and experience to come together. For this reason, The Science Behind operates an agile talent and resourcing approach which, when combined with our wide network of active neuroscience researchers, enables us to hand-pick exactly the expertise and individuals each clinical trial will need in order to fulfil our contribution to the study.
Data Analysis and Interpretation
Analysis and interpretation of neuroscience data requires an understanding of complex neural systems and the techniques used to capture information about them. With clinical and scientific research backgrounds, our neuroscience research consultants are highly experienced in acquiring and deploying specialised analysis pipelines to analyse and interpret single and multi-modal neuroscience data.
Technical Support
With more than 15 years of hands-on experience designing integrated non-invasive brain stimulation and brain imaging solutions for scientific research, out technical support specialists provide expertise in the design of the technical solutions for each clinical trial. Once the trial is underway, they are readily available to provide technical assistance throughout the trial to ensure that everything runs smoothly with a focus on consistency and good quality data acquisition.
Bespoke Solutions
Working with you, our team will identify and select the appropriate tests and measures based on your drug candidate mechanism of action, data from preclinical studies and/or other academic and scientific literature, to build you a tailored solution that gives you meaningful objective endpoints while seamlessly integrating with other clinical trial measurements.