Table 2 Costs of simulated trial activation
Action | Item/staff | Time (mins) | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
A. One-off costs at Coordinating Centre | |||
Internal planning meeting(s) | Multiple staff | 360 | £690.60 |
Mock activation planning meetings | Multiple staff | 120 | £206.76 |
Development of simulation documents | Trial manager | 120 | £39.88 |
QC of website | QA manager | 120 | £44.02 |
Review training material | Trial manager | 60 | £19.94 |
Activation of IT systems | Database programmer | 60 | £17.72 |
Sub-total | £1018.92 | ||
B. Costs of site simulation Coordinating Centre | |||
Planning meeting with site | Multiple staff | 60 | £115.10 |
Distribution of documents | Trial administration | 40 | £8.79 |
Activation of IT systems | Multiple staff | 120 | £35.44 |
Obtain and despatch IMP | Multiple staff | 50 | £14.73 |
Issue green light | Trial manager | 10 | £3.32 |
Follow-up questionnaire | Trial administration | 20 | £3.85 |
Non-staff expenses | Cost of IMP/packaging | £132.50 | |
IMP delivery | £60.00 | ||
Trial team transport | £6.00 | ||
Sub-total | £379.73 | ||
Research site | |||
Planning meetings | Multiple staff | 60 | £107.57 |
Complete online training | Multiple staff | 20 | £156.16 |
Complete documents/forms | Multiple staff | 25 | £183.13 |
Recruit patient to study | Research nurse | 5 | £12.64 |
Sub-total | £459.50 | ||
Central pharmacy | |||
Planning meetings | Specialist pharmacist | 60 | £22.89 |
Receive and dispatch IMP | Specialist pharmacist | 5 | £47.70 |
QP release | QP | 60 | £65.72 |
Sub-total | £136.31 | ||
Total | £1994.46 | ||