Complete the post-test online at www.cmeuniversity.com. On the navigation menu, click on "Find Post-tests by Course" and search by project ID 4962. Upon registering and successfully completing the post-test with a score of 70% or better and the evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately. At this time, you will also have the opportunity to download a pdf of the post-test answer rationales.
Quiz
You work in a private clinic in Los Angeles, and a friend works for a small hospital in rural Wyoming. You are both thinking about participating in a research trial of a new oral diabetes medication and were comparing budgets. You notice that you are both being compensated identically for staff labor and overnight hospital stays, but you know for a fact that your expenses for these things are almost twice what they are for your friend. Should you broach the subject with the study sponsor?
a) Yes
b) No
You received a budget from Alvec Pharmaceuticals for an upcoming phase 3 trial on a new topical corticosteroid medication. The budget did not contain reimbursement for telephone calls that you may need to make, including to the sponsor in case questions arise or placing reminder calls to subjects. You have worked with the sponsor on several trials in the past that included this expense and think that this needs to be included for this trial. What should you do?
a) Discuss this aspect of the budget with the study sponsor
b) Forget about it and absorb the costs
You are reviewing a protocol for a study of a new indication for an established topical antibiotic preparation. The budget specifies compensation for subjects. Which of the following is not appropriate?
a) Parking fees
b) Time away from work
c) A modest bonus for completing the study
d) An extra $5 for each adverse event experienced
In lieu of a salary, Yohan Pharmaceuticals is offering you stock options for participating in their proposed phase 3 clinical trial. Should you accept?
a) Yes
b) No
You have a signed contract to begin enrolling subjects in a trial of a new osteoporosis medication. However, the laboratory with the dual-energy X-ray densitometry (DEXA) scan machine you were going to use has shut down and you are forced to use another across town. The costs will be significantly more than what was in the agreed-on budget. What should you do?
a) Nothing, you already signed the contract, so you are stuck paying the additional costs out of pocket
b) Use money allocated for photocopies to pay the difference in cost
c) Submit to the sponsor an amendment to the original contract outlining the new costs