Clinical research is undergoing the same globalization process as other industries. Clinical trials continue to shift to emerging markets for cost savings, to increase patient recruitment, and achieve shorter time-to-market. Global Language Solutions provides professional translation and cross-cultural adaptation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) into 100+ languages for use in global clinical studies. Our linguistic validation team helps make it possible to pool and compare the results obtained across countries.
Coordinating dozens of linguistic validation projects annually, our team is comprised of professionals with expertise in a variety of therapeutic areas, including
CNS, Psychiatry (depression, schizophrenia, anxiety), Oncology, Pain/Inflammation, Women's Health, and others. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and other measurements translated by GLS have been used to capture self-reported data ranging from patient diaries to health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaires to complex clinical assessments such as psychological evaluations.
Our medical linguists ensure:
- instruments are culturally relevant and acceptable to the target population within each country
- language versions are conceptually equivalent to the original instrument and to one another
- instruments are psychometrically comparable
Our rigorous methodologies include:
- forward and back translations
- cognitive debriefing/focus groups for linguistic and cultural validation
- local language adaptations
The leading global pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and biomedical firms turn to GLS. We have a track record of successfully supporting multinational clinical trials in every major therapeutic area. Our
client list speaks for itself!
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PROs Translation and Linguistic Validation case study featuring a 50-country drug trial involving over 40 global languages.
