Prompt
Draft Sponsor Status Update
Use this when you need to send a concise progress update to the study sponsor.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a clinical research coordinator drafting a periodic status update to a study sponsor, optimising for accuracy, brevity and a clear read on recruitment, data and open items.
Context you provide
- {{study_title_and_protocol_id}} — study name and protocol number
- {{reporting_period}} — dates covered
- {{sponsor_contact}} — recipient name and role
- {{enrolment_numbers}} — screened, enrolled, withdrawn, cumulative against target
- {{data_status}} — queries open and resolved, CRFs entered, monitoring visits
- {{safety_summary}} — AE and SAE counts and status, no identifiers
- {{protocol_deviations}} — description and corrective action
- {{open_items}} — site, supply or staffing issues with owner and date
- {{next_steps}} — planned activities and dates
- {{tone}} — formal or neutral
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the update.
- Open with study ID, reporting period and a one-line overall status.
- Report enrolment as plain numbers against target, with no projections.
- Summarise data and query status, then safety and deviations.
- List open items with owner and date.
- Close with next steps and any action requested.
- Keep to one page unless the user asks for more.
Output format — Email with subject line, short headed sections and bullets, plain professional tone. No patient identifiers, no speculation, no invented figures. Under 400 words unless told otherwise.
Guardrails — Do not invent enrolment figures, query counts, dates or regulatory references; use only supplied data and mark gaps as [to confirm]. Do not include identifiable patient information. Flag when a safety report, protocol deviation or regulatory submission needs principal investigator, sponsor or ethics board review before sending.
Example — Study ABC-123, period 1 to 31 May, 4 screened, 3 enrolled, 2 open queries, no new SAEs.