Mastering Study Start-Up: A CRA’s Guide to Owning the Process from Day One

Navigate the chaos of study initiation like a pro—with strategies that don’t just check boxes, but move trials forward faster.

Let’s be honest—study start-up is a beast.

If you’re a Clinical Research Associate (CRA), you know the drill.

That “site initiation visit” date on the calendar? It doesn’t come with a how-to manual. No one tells you how to juggle 19 different documents, get PI signatures in record time, or decode the SOP maze of each new sponsor.

You’re expected to just …