Innovating Clinical Trials

By Liam Eves and Ted Trafford

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Welcome to Innovating Clinical Trials, the podcast designed for clinical research professionals eager to deepen their understanding of clinical trials through concise, insightful segments. Join your hosts, Liam Eves and Ted Trafford, as they uncover the core issues in clinical research, reflect on the industry, and challenge conventional wisdom.

Ted Trafford - https://probitymedical.com/
With 30 years of experience in clinical research, Ted serves as the Director of Business Development, driving business growth and leading Feasibility and Site Relationship teams at Probity Medical Research, a clinical trial site administrative support company with a consortium of 75+ sites across four countries. As a writer and speaker, Ted contributes to thought leadership and strategic initiatives in the clinical trials industry, leveraging his extensive experience and creative approach to drive meaningful discussion and progress for Sponsors, CROs, Sites and Technology Vendors.

Liam Eves - https://www.theendpointpodcast.com/
Liam's held executive roles in SMOs and CROs, and led all major functions of trial delivery. His journey into the field began unexpectedly after an injury ended his career as a professional footballer.  Over the years Liam has optimized trial delivery methods / systems for effective enrollment and trial delivery. Currently, he focuses on building  and advising companies in the clinical trial space.



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Episode Date
Ep 2.23: Jill Fikowski on Why Participants Drop Out and What to Do About It (3/3)
May 21, 2026
Ep 2.22: Jill Fikowski on Designing Trials That Communities Actually Want to Join (2/3)
May 20, 2026
Ep 2.21: Jill Fikowski on on Substance Use, Stigma, and the Research That Actually Changed Policy (1/3)
May 19, 2026
ICT Ep 2.20: What Monty Python Can Teach Us About Clinical Trials
May 14, 2026
ICT Ep 2.19: Everyone Has a Plan Until the Trial Starts
May 06, 2026
ICT Ep 2.18 What Recruitment Is Missing: Time, Trust, and a Cup of Tea
Apr 29, 2026
ICT Ep 2.17 Borrowing the F1 Playbook: What Formula One Gets Right That Clinical Trials Don't
Apr 16, 2026
ICT Ep. 2.16 Leading Teams That Take Risks and Deliver Results With Frank Watanabe (3/3)
Apr 13, 2026
ICT Ep. 2.15 Innovation, Risk and Building Great Teams With Frank Watanabe (2/3)
Apr 09, 2026
ICT Ep. 2.14 From Navy Officer to CEO: The DNA of Leadership with Frank Watanabe (1/3)
Apr 07, 2026
ICT Ep 2.13: The Hidden Complexity of Trial Feasibility
Apr 01, 2026
ICT Ep: 2.12: Dropping the Baton: Why Clinical Trial Handoffs Keep Failing
Mar 18, 2026
ICT Ep 2.11: The Top 10 Signs Your Site Feasibility Process Is Off Track
Mar 11, 2026
ICT Ep 2.10 Where Clinical Trials Break Down, Even With Good Teams
Mar 04, 2026
ICT EP 2.9: Designing Eligibility Criteria That Work in the Real World
Feb 18, 2026
ICT EP 2.8: The Cost of Fragmented Enrollment Ownership And Why Leadership Must Step In
Feb 11, 2026
ICT EP 2.7: Rethinking How Sponsors Build Site Relationships
Feb 04, 2026
ICT EP 2.6: What Shapes the Trajectory of a Clinical Trial
Jan 28, 2026
ICT EP 2.5: Why Enrollment Is Slow and the Questions We’re Not Asking
Jan 21, 2026
ICT Ep 2.4: The Impact of Getting Site and Patient Engagement Right
Jan 14, 2026
ICT Ep 2.3: The Cost of Sponsors’ Extra Requests and what Sites can do about it
Nov 28, 2025
ICP Ep 2.2: Building Better Sponsor-Site Partnerships
Nov 27, 2025
ICT Ep 2.1: How Sponsors Win by Checking In Early with Sites
Nov 25, 2025
ICT Ep29: Feasibility is Broken: Maya Zlatanova on Redesigning Feasibility
Apr 16, 2025
ICT Ep28: Recruitment Solutions with Jill Pellegrino
Mar 03, 2025
ICT Ep25: A deep dive into Feasibility with Nick Palumbo (Part 1 of 3)
Feb 20, 2025
ICT Ep26: Balancing Data, Technology, and Human Expertise in Feasibility with Nick Palumbo (Part 2 of 3)
Feb 20, 2025
ICT Ep27: Expanding the Scope of Feasibility in Clinical Trials with Nick Palumbo (Part 3 of 3)
Feb 20, 2025
ICT Ep23: Q3 Results with Joel White (Part 2)
Dec 13, 2024
ICT Ep24: Q3 Results with Joel White (Part 3)
Dec 13, 2024
ICT Ep22: Q3 Results with Joel White (Part 1)
Dec 13, 2024
ICT Ep19: The World of Site Startup in Clinical Trials
Nov 19, 2024
ICT Ep20: New ways of thinking about trial delivery
Nov 19, 2024
ICT Ep21: Everything but the Kitchen Sink!
Nov 19, 2024
ICT Ep16: Revolutionizing Cancer Trial Enrollment with Selin Kurnaz (Part 1 of 3)
Oct 09, 2024
ICT Ep17: Exploring Enrollment Gaps in Oncology Trials with Selin Kurnaz (Part 2 of 3)
Oct 09, 2024
ICT Ep18: Advice for Startups in the Clinical Trial Space with Selin Kurnaz (Part 3 of 3)
Oct 09, 2024
ICT Ep13: Q2'24 The quarterly recap with Joel White (Part 1 of 3)
Sep 08, 2024
ICT Ep14: Q2'24 The quarterly recap with Joel White (Part 2 of 3)
Sep 08, 2024
ICT Ep15: Q2'24 The quarterly recap with Joel White (Part 3 of 3)
Sep 08, 2024
ICT Ep9: What are the consequences of poorly designed protocols?
Aug 27, 2024
ICT Ep10: Don't mistake the map for the territory
Aug 27, 2024
ICT Ep11: Effective Leadership in Clinical Trial Delivery
Aug 27, 2024
ICT Ep12: How to Spot a Great Clinical Trial Site?
Aug 27, 2024
ICT Ep7: The Princess Bride and Clinical Trial Sites
Aug 01, 2024
ICT Ep8: Recruitment isn't Enrollment
Aug 01, 2024
ICT Ep4: The Theory of Constraints in Clinical trials
Jun 25, 2024
ICT Ep5: How to get sites to pick your study
Jun 25, 2024
ICT Ep6: The Clinical Trial Industry's approach to Baking Bread
Jun 25, 2024
ICT Ep3: The 'Joys' of Acronyms in Clinical Trials
Jun 13, 2024
ICT Ep2: Clinical Trial Metrics
Jun 13, 2024
ICT Ep1: Transforming the Enrollment Process
Jun 04, 2024