SCOPE Europe 2026 · Barcelona

# The Ever Changing Order of Stories in Clinical Trials

over cocktails and mocktails

Bring your best story about a study that changed after it was designed. We'll bring the drinks. No slides, no pitches, just people who design, plan, run and price trials, swapping notes at a bar in Sant Antoni.

[Walking directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=InterContinental%20Barcelona%2C%20Av.%20de%20Rius%20i%20Taulet%201-3%2C%20Barcelona&destination=Rosa%20Barcelona%2C%20Carrer%20de%20Floridablanca%2088%2C%2008015%20Barcelona&travelmode=walking)

Protocol CORI-SCOPE-26

Admit one

Version 1.0 · amendments expected

Visit date

Tuesday 13 October 2026

Visit window

17:30 to 19:00ish

Site

**Rosa Barcelona**  
Carrer de Floridablanca, 88, 08015 Barcelona

Getting there

About 15 minutes on foot from the InterContinental Barcelona (Fira Center)

Primary endpoint

Good conversation

Exclusions

Slides, pitches, anyone who says “quick question” about a budget

Take it with you

Scan to open the walk on your phone.

The walk

## From the conference to the cocktails, _dot by dot_

- Start: InterContinental Barcelona, Av. de Rius i Taulet, 1-3
- Finish: Rosa Barcelona, Carrer de Floridablanca, 88
- Cori will be there, waving

Head north from the hotel, cross Avinguda del Paral·lel, and walk up into Sant Antoni. Rosa is on Carrer de Floridablanca, a couple of blocks from the Mercat de Sant Antoni. Map not to scale, unlike our budgets.

The site

## Rosa Barcelona, _Sant Antoni_

> “Llegas por una copa, te quedas toda la noche.”
>
> Rosa's own promise: you come for one drink, you stay all night.

- What: Cocktail bar with signature cocktails, natural and conventional wines from Catalonia, Spain and France, and homemade tapas with vegetarian options
- Address: Carrer de Floridablanca, 88, 08015 Barcelona
- Open: Tuesdays 17:00 to 19:00ish
- Website: [rosabarcelonabar.com](https://www.rosabarcelonabar.com/)

Signature cocktails, many of them pink

Toasts under the golden lamp

Patatas valientes and homemade tapas

Natural wines from Catalonia, Spain and France

Illustrations by Cori. For the real thing, see the photos on [rosabarcelonabar.com](https://www.rosabarcelonabar.com/).

Schedule of Assessments

## The plan, _subject to amendment_

| Time | Visit | What happens |
| -------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 17:30 | Visit 1 | First guest in. Walk over from the InterContinental, follow the dots. |
| 17:45 | Visit 2 | First round. Cocktails, mocktails or a glass of something natural. |
| 18:15 | Deviation | Someone mentions change orders. We let it happen. |
| 18:40 | Amendment 1 | “One more” is added to the schedule. Nobody files the paperwork. |
| 19:00ish | Soft lock | Officially, the end. Rosa is open until 23:00, and nobody is counting. |

Icebreakers, fully sourced

## Why the order of stories _keeps changing_

76%

of protocols needed at least one substantial amendment.

Mean of 3.3

substantial amendments per amended protocol, up 60% in seven years.

260 days

on average from amendment need to the last oversight approval. Sites run mixed protocol versions for about 215 days.

Source: Tufts CSDD, 2022 data on about 950 protocols, in Getz K, [“Shining a light on the inefficiencies in amendment implementation”](https://appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/view/shining-a-light-on-the-inefficiencies-in-amendment-implementation), Applied Clinical Trials, 6 December 2023.

## Coming? _Tell us._

A quick reply helps us save you a seat and a glass. Tell whoever from Cori invited you, or drop the team a line. Bring a colleague who has a good amendment story.

[lucy@cori-clinical.com](mailto:lucy@cori-clinical.com)

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