Since the 1970s, Worldwide has provided sponsors with innovative solutions to advance their neuroscience studies. We’re proud of our past, but we’re focused on the future — the future of your program.
Therapeutic Experts
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Our experience spans the full range of neuroscience indications. We support sponsors advancing compounds in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, neurology, substance use disorder, rare neurology, psychiatry, psychedelics, and more. We’ve built deep knowledge in these programs and utilize a lessons-learned approach that draws applications across relevant therapeutic areas to support rigorous clinical development.
Your study is unique, and it deserves personalized solutions from a CRO able to dedicate the resources your program needs. Whether you’re looking for consultation on your program, development of a large Phase 3 study, or laboratory services, you’ll receive the full force of our medical and scientific prowess in the form of collaboration, customization, and phase and indication-specific expertise.
Our global teams are spread across more than 60 countries, providing deep local and global regulatory knowledge. We’re practiced at navigating regional standards of care and have established relationships with relevant regulatory agencies. Whether you’re looking for support on your agency engagement or quick turnaround on questions about your project, our global reach ensures we are exactly where you need us, when you need us.
We excel at transforming foundational research into impactful clinical outcomes and data. Our team translates preclinical findings into strategic and efficient clinical development across a broad spectrum of neurological conditions. Leveraging the latest imaging technology and innovative measurement tools, combined with our creative approach to study design and participant recruitment, we ensure the collection of meaningful data from rigorous studies.
We bring a wealth of experience in managing diverse endpoints across a broad spectrum of neurological conditions. Our expertise spans from traditional clinical outcomes to cutting-edge biomarkers and patient-reported outcomes, ensuring comprehensive insights into both disease progression and patient quality of life.
The importance of careful assessment management and training in neuroscience trials cannot be overstated. That’s why we built an in-house team of assessment experts to provide seamless and fast assessment support and training that minimizes rater variability and placebo response. Their expertise includes rater training, scale and translation management, endpoint quality management, clinical outcome assessments (COA), and operational management.
Neuroscience studies can be logistically, statistically, and financially challenging when it comes to navigating the various symptoms and molecular targets and demonstrating changes in the pathophysiology of the disease. Our highly flexible, fit-for-purpose clinical pharmacology unit and state-of-the-art bioanalytical laboratory support objective biomarker development, rapid sample processing, and strategic decision-making for early phase research.
Executive Vice President, Global Therapeutic Lead, Neuroscience
Vice President, Central Nervous System Therapeutic Area Lead, Medical Affairs
Vice President, Project Management, Psychiatry and Neurology
Chief Development Officer
Senior Vice President, Medical Sciences
Vice President, Scientific Solutions, Neuroscience
On May 1st, Industry Standard Research (ISR) announced the 2024 Leadership Awards, recognizing Phase 2/3 CROs for comprehensive excellence across their capabilities, compatibility, expertise, quality, and reliability.
In 2023, Worldwide Clinical Trials was named Most Innovative Clinical Research Organization (CRO) by the Triangle Business Journal (TBJ). This awards program celebrates the achievements of individuals and companies making critical advancements in pharmaceuticals, biotech, ag tech, and beyond, in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc., (Worldwide) the industry’s leading global, midsize, full-service contract research organization (CRO), has been recognized for excellence and honored in five categories in the 2022 CRO Leadership Awards, based on primary market research from Industry Standard Research (ISR) Reports and presented by Clinical Leader and Life Science Leader magazines. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Worldwide has been recognized as a high-performing CRO based on direct survey feedback from pharmaceutical and biotech professionals.
Over 80% of respondents agreed that midsize CROs provide a strong cultural fit while being able to pivot quickly based on changing customer needs.