cro4Q is the Zeta Research's CRO (Contract Research Organization) registered at AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency) that develops professional researches in the scientific and statistics field. Since over a decade Zeta Research is offering scientific, technical and statistics consulting services for the medical and clinical sectors. cro4Q offers complete service that follow experiments, clinical and pharmaceutical researches in the following sectors: medicine, biomedicine, biotechnology and medical devices. Quality support and tools are offered to the client: methodological and normative adequacy, protocol design, biostatistical services for protocol (SAP), data management, statistical analysis, medical writing and reporting.

1. “Building clinical research with you”
Contract Research Organization

2. Zeta Research is a CRO (Contract Research Organization) registered at AIFA (Italian
Medicines Agency) that develops professional researches in the scientific and
statistics field. Since over a decade Zeta Research is offering scientific, technical and
statistics consulting services for the medical and clinical sectors.
Zeta Research follows its clients in every step both in the Pharmaceutical product
and Medical Device planning and developing, and in the building of the clinical
researches.
Quality support and tools are offered to the client: methodological and normative
adequacy, protocol design, study statistical plan, detection tools with ITC solutions,
cost and risk analysis, medical writing and reporting and quality control.
A synergic group of professionals belonging to different fields work in team in order to offer specific replies to the specific
needs of the client.
Statistical and methodological consulting
Zeta Research joins and supports manufacturers, researchers and institutions in assessing the feasibility of a study and in
building experimental/observational clinical trials.
It also offers solutions for data collection and statistical processing (statistical analysis, production of statistical reports).
Data collection with paper / web support, data entry
Zeta Research offers a custom-made Clinical Data Management, according to the
client’s needs. Data collection through CRF can be either on paper, or on line
(web).
For every study, a dedicated web site is provided for
patients
registration,
general
monitoring,
randomization and adverse events management
Technical document writing & management
Zeta Research, according to EU regulatory system, offers a complete service of technical document
writing and management, both for Medical Devices EC marking or medicines registration (Clinical
Evaluation Report, Expertise, Position Paper and Risk Analysis) and for clinical studies and for postmarketing evaluation of effectiveness and security (product commonly used in the clinical practice).
Zeta Research always guarantees the highest ethical standards and scientific quality of clinical trials, in
compliance with the GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) standards.
Thanks to the use of new information system technologies and web services, Zeta Research can manage
clinical trials in many parts of the world, from South America to Asia, always ensuring the quality of collected
data, data monitoring and queries resolution. Furthermore, a qualified team produces rigorous scientific
documentation and report to clearly and concisely present results, matched by the evaluation of their clinical
relevance.
Every stage of internal processes undergoes a thorough quality control to ensure accuracy and consistency of
the processed data.

3. Planning and management of
observational/experimental clinical studies of devices/drugs
Clinical Planning & Management:
 research planning,
 methodological and normative adequacy,
 protocol design,
 statistical plan, sample design and size,
 end-point definition,
 ITC (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions for randomizing,
 treatment allocation,
 data collection,
 cost-efficiency and risk-benefit analysis,
 statistical methodology design,
 design and realization of paper CRF (Case Report Form) on paper / electronic support,
Clinical Data Management and Medical Writing:
 data collection & data entry,
 documentation for Ethics Committees (EC).
 CRF and e-CRF processing,
Trial and Site Management and Monitoring:
 data validation and verification,
 site recruitment,
 data transfer and codification,
 start-up activity ,
 data monitoring,
 ethics committees: authorization requests and management,
 statistical analysis,
 administrative authorizations,
 start-up and monitoring of on-site and remote clinical experimentations,
 monitoring,
 study reporting,
 scientific posters and paper.
 process control and follow-up.
Medical writing: abstracts, scientific papers,
reviews, presentation tools for conferences
Zeta Research has a great experience both in the industrial and in
the private and in the academic research, and has a wide and rich
curriculum in scientific writing of international level.
Zeta Research can easily produce:
 scientific abstracts and posters,
 papers for international scientific journals,
 presentation materials and tools for national/international
conferences,
 literature reviews and research material,
 meta-analysis,
 study reports, integrated clinical trials reports.
Surveys for the medical sector
Zeta Research offers high quality telephone survey services for the medical sector. It uses the classic methods of market
research and opinion polls applied to medical sciences service.
Surveys rely on several technical solutions: CATI methodology (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview), CAWI methodology
(Computer A Web Interviewing) , postal or face-to-face interviews, SMS system, web solutions, touch system.
Zeta Research can also develop wider services, including focus group and preparatory researches, to offer multidisciplinary and
structured results, guaranteeing as well reliability and confidentiality.
Your best partner for Data Intelligence & Statistical Solution

4. Articles and Congresses
Some important events we took part since 2003 by presenting oral presentations and posters or by participating in round
table discussions:
20th European Congress on Obesity ECO-2013-Liverpool, UK—12-15 May 2013
Experimental Biology 2013—Boston, USA—20-24 April 2013
30th Annual Scientific Meeting of Obesity Society : Obesity 2012 San Antonio, Texas, USA—20-24 September 2012
ESPO AMSTERDAM, 11th International Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology—Amsterdam, Holland—20-23
May 2012
19th European Congress on Obesity ECO-2012-Lyon, France—9-12 May 2012
Word Nutrition, Knowledge Policy Action—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—27-30 April 2012
Experimental Biology 2012—San Diego, USA—21-25 April 2012
OBESITY 2011—Orlando, USA—1-5 October 2011
EUROSAFE 2011—Budapest, Hungary - 15-17 June 2011
18th European Congress on Obesity ECO-2011— Istanbul, Turkey - 25-28 May 2011
Experimental Biology 2011- Washingtan, USA - 9-13 April 2011
OBESITY 2010— San Diego, USA - 8—12 October2010
SCT 31 st Annual Meeting— Baltimore, USA, 16-19 May 2010
OBESITY 2009 – Washington, USA, 24-28 October 2009
ESPR 2009 (50° ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY for PEADIATRIC RESEARCH) - Hamburg, Germany 9-12 October 2009
SRA EUROPE 2009 ANNUAL MEETING, From the everyday to the extraordinary: challenges for risk analysis and management - Karlstad,
Sweden—28 June – 1 July 2009
XIX WORLD CONGRESS OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY - São Paulo, Brazil - 1 – 5 June 2009
EAP 2008 (2nd Congress of the European academy of paediatrics) - Nizza, France - 24 – 28 October 2008
SafeKids worldwide 2008 Child injury prevention conference - Washington, USA - 15-18 October 2008
2nd European conference on injury prevention and safety promotion - Paris, France - 9-10 October 2008
OBESITY 2008 - Phoenix, USA - 3 -7 October 2008
Expert meeting on estimating the size of high-risk population - New York City, USA - 3-4 September 2008
2007 Joint Statistical Meeting - Salt Lake City, USA - 29 July – 2 August 2007
2006 Joint Statistical Meeting— Seattle, USA - 6-10 July 2006
Events we organized:
The Hong Kong International Workshop on Multifunctional foods and traditional ingredients: a competitive marriage? - Hong Kong—9
March 2011
The Hong Kong International Workshop on Nutritional Profiles - Hong Kong—26 February 2010
Workshop “Prevencion de accidentes de asfixia en niños: una practica fundamental para la comunidad latinoamericana” - Rosario–
Argentina—1 September 2012
Workshop “Prevenção de acidentes de asfixia em crianças: um papel fundamental a desempenhar para a comunidade LatinoAmericana“—São Paulo– Brazil– 3 September 2012
Workshop “Obesidade infantil na perspectiva Latino Americana” -Brasilia- Brazil– 20 November 2012
Data security
Every year the company invests on new security systems aiming to guarantee the utmost care and discretion of the information
we possess. The server’s management provides a constant monitoring of all activities performed by users, preventing any risk
of data loss or external leak, restricting information to the pool of authenticated users directly involved in the projects. The
servers present in our CED room are continuously monitored by an internal specialized staff that guarantees a programmed up
keeping as well as the full operativeness of our systems.
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