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Research-backed reliable,
accurate, and valid COAs
are just the beginning
Our pharma research team includes experts in the fields of clinical practice, test development,
and psychometric analysis. Our goal is to support you in assessing the efficacy and safety of
therapeutic treatments and provide the highest level of customer service in scale licensing,
translations, scientific consultation, and rater training.
Wherever you are in your trial-planning journey, we will be with you every step of the way!
“At Pearson, we can help identify which COA best fits the trial design,” says Lynsey Psimas,
Ph.D., director of sales and pharma services. “Our COA portfolio includes reliable and valid
PRO, ClinRO, ObsRO, and performance measures used by pharmaceutical, biotech and medical
device companies conducting clinical research.” Pearson is particularly noted for our proven
and trusted assessments in cognitive ability, memory, neuropsychology, behavior, personality/
psychopathology, achievement, and speech/language.
Our COA portfolio includes reliable and valid PRO, ClinRO, ObsRO, and
performance measures used by pharmaceutical, biotech and medical
device companies conducting clinical research.”
Prior to joining Pearson, Jarett worked as Katrina joins the Pearson Pharma
a Psychometrist at an outpatient mental Team with a background in Clinical Trial
health clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Management and Psychometry expertise.
where he administered psychological Prior to Pearson, Katrina worked in
and neuropsychological assessments. Pharmaceutical Clinical Operations
Jarett joined Pearson’s Training and specializing in study start-up at a Clinical
Implementation team and served as a Research Organization. Katrina gained
national trainer for the Q-global® and familiarity with the Pearson Assessments
Q-interactive® platforms before moving from her time as a Psychometrist
to the Healthcare and then Pharma conducting neurocognitive evaluations at
Sales teams. the Anschutz Medical Campus in Colorado.
Complete the Request a Consultation form to get connected with one of us.
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Rater Training
Get expert training straight from the source.
Let us support you with rater training for your
Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs). Our
experienced training team includes psychologists
and clinical practitioners with expertise in clinical
endpoints, psychometrics, and e-learning to
ensure standardized administration and scoring.
Scientific consultation
Maximize your data analysis efforts
As data analysis and clinical endpoint questions
arise, let our pharma experts help you find the
answers. Our team of scientists have expertise
in clinical practice, test development, and
psychometric data analysis. Scientific Consultation
is tailored to meet your needs.
Strategic partnerships
Get more access to the resources you need for your clinical trials.
Decades of experience have shown that the best way to support our Pharma partners
is working across the industry to provide you with more access to the assessments
and resources you need for upcoming clinical trials. Our partnerships with MHS and
Lionbridge make this possible!
MHS
You can now license MHS assessments through Pearson.
Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS) is a leading publisher of scientifically validated assessments
for more than 30 years. MHS serves clients in educational, clinical, corporate, public safety,
government, military, pharmaceutical, and research settings
Lionbridge
We partnered with Lionbridge for their expertise in translations and eCOA migration.
Lionbridge has over 25 years of experience with translation and localization projects
across the globe. Lionbridge has a proven track record of translating all types of Clinical
Oucome Assessments (COAs) into the language you need for your clinical trial.
FAQs:
Licensing with Pearson
Pearson will then conduct an internal audit of our existing Intellectual Property (Published US
English, Certified Research Translations, and International Publications). For any scales that
require translation, Pearson will work on your behalf to obtain a translation quote. All details,
including pricing and translation timelines, will be integrated into a Statement of Work (SOW).
Please know a Master License Agreement (MLA) must be in place prior to executing a SOW.
Learn more about licensing here.
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Additional Services
Our training team’s expertise in clinical practice, psychometrics, and e-learning ensures
standardized administration and scoring. The training team consists of seasoned psychologists
and clinical practitioners familiar with issues related to clinical assessment in the research and
healthcare markets.
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GSVs
What are Growth Scale Values (GSVs) and how can they
improve precision in research?
In testing and in research, it is critical to have both an effective and reliable way to measure
change. The traditional accepted metric for research studies has been age equivalents (AEs)
and raw scores. However, the lack of standard deviations, standard errors of measurement, and
equal intervals between scores, make AE’s imprecise. While raw scores have typically been the
go-to to measure change, GSVs are quickly becoming the preferred method.
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GSVs can be thought of as an improved version of raw scores. Both GSVs and raw scores
measure underlying ability; as ability increases, they both increase. However, the raw score
increases faster or slower depending on how many items there are at a particular region of
difficulty. If there are a lot of items, raw score increases quickly as ability increases, because
there are many items on which the person can demonstrate their improvement. In a region
with few items, raw score increases slowly. What this means is that a given increase in raw score
corresponds to different amounts of increase in ability depending on the level of the scale
where the change occurs.
GSVs attempt to remove this inconsistency. A GSV is an estimate of the ability level that would
most likely have produced an observed raw score. Thus, GSVs adjust for the effects of the
uneven distribution of item difficulties. By their nature, they attempt to be “equal interval”; that
is, a given change in GSV reflects the same amount of change in ability at all levels.
Of course, GSVs do not perfectly achieve this goal. The Rasch model on which they are based
is a simple one in which a person’s probability of success on a test item is based on just two
things, the item’s difficulty, and the person’s ability. Nevertheless, they are a fundamental
improvement over raw scores because they address the problem caused by the distribution of
item difficulties.
Report:
Growth Scale Value (GSV): Theory, Development, and Applications
We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with you in your clinical trial! Here is a
step-by-step look at your Pharma journey:
1. C
ustomer inquiry: If you are new to Pearson, please complete the “Request a
Consultation Form”. If you already have an Account Manager, you can reach out
directly to discuss your study. An intake form is to be completed for each new study.
2. D
iscovery call: Organizations should be prepared to discuss the entire scope of the
project including timeline, budget, assessments and related endpoints, administration
and scoring, languages needed, patient volume, rater training plans, etc.
3. C
onfirmation of study details: Your Account Representative will facilitate
communication and planning for any new translation work, API integrations, and rater
training requests.
4. L
icensing contract finalization: Once the details of the study have been
confirmed, your Account Manager will share the first draft of the licensing contract for
your review.
5. C
ontract approval and invoicing: Your licensing contract will be finalized with
signatures from all parties. Payment terms and schedule are set up at this point.
6. P
roject execution: Upon receipt of payment or purchase order, existing Pearson
intellectual property will be sent to you electronically.
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eceipt of all project deliverables: Pearson Translation Support will ensure
access to, and receipt of, all documented project deliverables as outlined within the
statement of work.
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