The Emergency Room Reality of Neurology Device Trials: A Planning Guide for Sponsors, Through the Eyes of the Sites Running Their Studies
How emergency-care realities shape neurology device trials, from screening to follow-up
🕐 3 PM CET
About This Webinar
Neurology device trials often depend on decisions made in one of the most demanding clinical environments: the emergency room. Time pressure, rapidly changing patient conditions and complex hospital workflows can all affect screening, enrolment and study execution.
In this 60-minute webinar, QbD Group brings the site perspective into the planning process. Drawing on first-hand clinical operations experience, Sophie Achten explains the practical challenges sponsors should anticipate when designing and running neurology device studies in emergency-care settings. Prof. Lieven Lagae completes the picture, sharing his field experience.
The session focuses on four recurring operational challenges: time pressure during enrolment, informed consent in emergencies, integration into emergency-room workflows and continuity during after-hours coverage. It translates these realities into concrete planning considerations sponsors can use before their study reaches the site.
What You'll Learn
- How emergency-room workflows influence screening and enrolment in neurology device trials
- Why informed-consent planning requires special attention in time-critical situations
- How to integrate study procedures into existing clinical workflows without overburdening site teams
- What sponsors should consider when planning after-hours coverage and rapid-response pathways
- How earlier site involvement can reduce avoidable delays and operational friction
Speakers
Sophie Achten
Senior Clinical Project Manager · QbD Group
Sophie Achten brings hands-on clinical operations experience to the planning and delivery of medical device studies. She helps sponsors translate study requirements into practical site workflows, with particular attention to feasibility, coordination and execution in complex care environments.
Lieven Lagae
Full Professor & Head of Paediatric Neurology
Head of the Paediatric Neurology Department at University Hospitals Leuven and founding Director of the Childhood Epilepsy Center. Past President of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and Steering Committee member of EpiCare (European Reference Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies). His clinical and research focus is childhood epilepsy, including Dravet syndrome and refractory epilepsy treatments.
Who Should Attend
- Clinical Operations Directors and Clinical Trial Managers at neurology MedTech companies
- Regulatory and clinical leaders planning neurology device studies in Europe
- MedTech founders and scale-ups preparing first-in-human or pivotal studies
- Hospital investigators and research teams involved in emergency-care studies