INTEGRATED LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS

Translation of COAs & eCOAs

IQVIA’s leading clinical expertise integrates the capability to scale the most sensitive clinical content across languages and cultures. Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) are amongst the most sensitive pieces of the clinical trial’s puzzle, as they condition the successful collection of data which will then guarantee endpoints to be validated.

Choosing IQVIA for the Linguistic Validation and management of COAs is the best option, providing you with all the benefit of integrated language solutions: speed, quality and cost efficiency. 

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Fast, reliable, efficient

The translation of COA instruments for global studies is a complex, timely and costly process.

IQVIA challenges the status quo with its integrated language solutions model which generates synergies in systems and expertise. The result is faster turnarounds of highly sensitive COA translations while elevating quality and reliability.

Because of the increased regulatory and time-to-market pressure, choosing the right partner to enabled trials globalization is critical. IQVIA is the partner of choice for scalability across languages, cultures and local regulators.

What is linguistic validation, and why is it critical?
Linguistic validation is a critical step in the development and execution of clinical trials, particularly those that involve multinational and multicultural patient populations.
Linguistic validation refers to the process of adapting Clinical Outcomee Assessments (COAs), such as a questionnaire or survey, from its original language to the language of the target population. The process involves ensuring that the translated version of the instrument accurately captures the intended meaning, is culturally appropriate, and is understandable to the target population.
Failure to properly linguistically validate clinical trial instruments can result in inaccurate data, misinterpretation of results, and ultimately compromise the scientific integrity of the trial.
Therefore, linguistic validation is crucial, and choosing a reliable provider is essential to ensure that clinical trial data is reliable, valid, and can be used to inform treatment decisions.

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS

COAs translation expertise

We have managed clinical trials across all geographies for decades, thus allowing us to develop a unique expertise in handling Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) translations.

We handle the Linguistic Validation of questionnaires across all cultures and languages so their intent remains intact with all target populations.

We can support Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO),Clinical Reported Outcomes (ClinROs), Observer Reported Outcomes (ObsPRO), eCOA Migration, and many more.

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Why choosing IQVIA for COAs translations?

Speed

Because of our integration into IQVIA’s end-to-end COA and eCOA management processes, our Linguistic Validation and eCOA migration operates a lot faster. Our existing pre-translated library also allows for faster roll-out of existing assessments when applicable

Cost efficiency

Our synergies obtained from people and technology integration benefit sponsors on the short and long term, allowing them to obtain more with less.

Therapeutic expertise

IQVIA translation teams are deeply rooted in IQVIA’s structural organization and benefit from an unmatched wealth of clinical knowledge. From linguists to cognitive debriefing phases, our entire process is built to guarantee quality and compliance in any language.

COA & eCOA expertise

We have decades of experience handling all aspect of COAs implementation: instrument research and maintenance, COA copyright and licensing, linguistic validation and cognitive interviews, eCOA migration and more. We support all variants of COAs such as PRO, ClinRO, ObsRO, and PerfRO.
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eCOA library collaboration

Because we have been managing clinical trial on the global stage for decades, we know how critical it is to be able to quickly enable the set up of eCOAs.

IQVIA eCOA library contains over 1,700 pre-configured assessments from partners copyrights holders, from organization and individual authors. This way, sponsors can deploy studies faster, anywhere.

IQVIA’s Language Solutions From R&D to post launch
IQVIA brings together its technology and clinical expertise at scale to allow its customers to overcome any language barriers all along their product’s lifecycle. From Language Technology innovation to Subject Matter Expertise in any language, discover how IQVIA reinvents global communication for the healthcare world.
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