Survey on Natural Health Products and Dietary Supp

1. Have you conducted/sponsored a clinical trial on your dietary supplement?

Yes

No

2. How did you select the study center and the Investigator?

a) You already knew the Investigator

b) You were referred to him

c) You went through a Contract Research Organization

d) You went through a consultant

3. How much experience did the doctor have on conducting such studies?

a) Has conducted many studies before on dietary supplements

b) Has conducted only pharma studies

c) Not much experience on either

4. How do you rate the doctor’s research staff?

a) His site is well staffed for research studies

b) His site is well staffed but most of the time he is busy in the routine clinical practice

c) Very busy doctor

5. Did you discuss Good Clinical Practice (GCP) with the site investigator before appointing them in the study?

a) Discussed briefly

b) Discussed in detail

c) Doctor was not aware about GCP

6. How was the site monitored for its protocol compliance and data credibility?

a) Final report was checked by us

b) Checked individual Case Report Forms (CRFs) intermittently on-site

c) Checked all lab reports, X-ray files, medical records thoroughly on-site

7. Did you maintain records of the Investigational Products dispensed to the trial subjects?

Yes

No

8. If Yes, How did you maintain the records?duct surveys?

a) Checked the records of the Investigational Product dispensed during the trial to the trial subjects.

b) Checked the records of unused Investigational Product remaining during the clinical trial

9. Who monitored these above records?

a) Medical/Clinical Associate on your full time payroll

b) A consultant

c) A Contract Research Organization (CRO)

10. Did you face any problems on the site?

a) Delay in recruitment

b) Some data was doubtful/missing

c) Investigational Product was not dispensed to the patient properly

d) Protocol conditions were violated

e) Cost went up

f) All of the above