Leibowitz Law shares the third installment of its three-part series on contracting for AI in clinical trial operations. Part 3 picks up with cybersecurity, monitoring and validation, and risk allocation.
- Designing Trials Patients Can Actually Complete: Lessons From The SWIFT Deep TMS Study
- Why Site Engagement Isn't Just A Role Anymore
- It's A Fact: Sharing Clinical Trial Results With Participants Builds Trust
- When AI Agents Start Researching Trials On Behalf Of Patients, What Happens?
- The U.S. Clinical Trial Recruiting Pipeline Report – May 2026
- Safe And Scalable AI Deployment For Clinical Trials
- Collaboration Isn't Sexy. That's Kind of the Point.
GUEST COLUMNISTS
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![scale AI-GettyImages-804989330]( "Safe And Scalable AI Deployment For Clinical Trials")
Safe And Scalable AI Deployment For Clinical TrialsWhen life sciences organizations lack a structured, evidence-based methodology for scaling AI tools safely and effectively, they put clinical development at risk. Partha Anbil and Partha Khot team up to share a practical approach to its implementation.
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![Financial technologies-GettyImages-1907659572]( "Small Biotech Survival: Navigating Risk And Capital Scarcity With AI")
Small Biotech Survival: Navigating Risk And Capital Scarcity With AIMaxine Opperman discusses the challenge and the necessity of small biotech's using AI, citing its pros, cons, and strategies for use.
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![risk, cybersecurity, hazard awareness-GettyImages-2272021966]( "5 Critical Risks With The FDA's Real-Time Trial Monitoring")
5 Critical Risks With The FDA's Real-Time Trial MonitoringLife science legal experts Kimberly Chew and Odette Hauke cover the FDA proof-of-concept real-time clinical trials (RTCTs) and expose five major issues that must be addressed before the pilot expands.
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![US president executive order-GettyImages-2264859508]( "Executive Order For Psychedelics")
Executive Order For PsychedelicsWe caught up with Joseph Tucker, Ph.D., CEO of Enveric Biosciences, to discuss the executive order for psychedelics.
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![US-EU-flag-3D-GettyImages-94920629]( "Aligning AI Use Clinical Trials With FDA And EMA Expectations")
Aligning AI Use Clinical Trials With FDA And EMA ExpectationsFor any trial conducted in the EU/EEA, regulators want to know that AI used across clinical trial planning, conduct, and analysis is transparent, controlled, and fit for purpose. Jessica Cordes explains how even U.S.-based teams must meet EMA expectations.
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![prescription instructions-GettyImages-1785706494]( "Precision Medicine Needs Better Infrastructure — And We Already Have The Models For It")
Precision Medicine Needs Better Infrastructure — And We Already Have The Models For ItStandard methods for evaluating clinical trial representativeness perform poorly when the trial population differs from the broader disease population in a patient registry. June Cha, Ph.D., MPH, explains how the right metrics can make a difference.
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![Fda Headquarters-GettyImages-2211199138]( "Here's How FDA's Accelerated Approval Pathway Has Evolved Since '24")
Here's How FDA's Accelerated Approval Pathway Has Evolved Since '24FDA's accelerated approval guidance kicked off a rebalancing of new drug approval pathways. Since its 2024 release, the agency has been building on it in a few key areas.
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![tubes with blood samples, hematology test-GettyImages-1443027500]( "A Biomarker Playbook For Building Faster, Smarter Clinical Trials")
A Biomarker Playbook For Building Faster, Smarter Clinical TrialsNot every trial needs a biomarker, but every development leader should be assessing whether they can be effectively used to improve trial design, boost enrollment, reduce operational waste, and increase the likelihood that a study will answer the question it was built to answer.
CLINICAL TRIAL WHITE PAPERS
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![GettyImages-1025834378-manufacturing-excipient-drug-pharma]( "Navigating Adverse Immunostimulation: A Practical Guide For Clinical Researchers")
Navigating Adverse Immunostimulation: A Practical Guide For Clinical ResearchersExplore a systematic approach to evaluate adverse immunostimulation (AIS) in drug development through standardized biomarker sampling and tailored management strategies.
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The Real Cost In CNS Trials: Rater Drift And Site Readiness11/21/2025
Learn how to build resilience into CNS trial operations with evidence-based frameworks that prioritize human factors alongside digital tools.
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Real-World Value Realized From DHTs In Clinical Trials10/22/2024
Explore four real-world examples of clinical trials that successfully integrated DHTs. Each case study highlights how DHTs impacted specific aspects of trial design.
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Completed Clinical Trials Continued To Climb In 20246/19/2025
Data collected in this report reflects a shift toward sustained growth, reflecting rapid advancement in therapeutic areas such as oncology, autoimmune/inflammation, and central nervous system studies.
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The Answer To Your Pharmacovigilance Challenges: AI-Powered Adverse Event Detection11/7/2025
A proven, AI-powered safety platform can accelerate adverse event detection and safety data extraction to ease the burden on safety professionals and better protect patients.
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Immunohistochemistry In Precision Medicine: From Biomarker To Clinical Trial Assay6/17/2025
From preclinical validation to clinical implementation, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is essential in understanding target biology and ensuring drug safety and efficacy.
CLINICAL TRIAL APP NOTES & CASE STUDIES
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Reinventing Prostate Cancer Diagnostics With An All-In-One Platform3/31/2026
Discover how a lean research team saved an estimated $100k and reached 95% data compliance by unifying their clinical workflow.
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Biotech Delivers A Superior Patient And Site Experience3/4/2025
To become the sponsor of choice for sites and patients in congenital hyperinsulinism clinical trials, a small biotech company prioritized delivering a superior experience while streamlining operations.
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Streamlining Phase 1 Trials With The Mobile Vision Pod1/29/2025
A contract research organization formed a partnership to address significant challenges during a Phase 1 clinical trial for a corneal disease treatment through the use of a Mobile Vision Pod.
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Rescuing A Global Full-Service Phase III Trial For A Late-Stage Oncology Biotech10/2/2025
This case underscores the expertise employed in a comprehensive strategy and set of services that were used to salvage a Phase III clinical trial for ovarian cancer and ensure its timely completion.
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A Community-Focused Approach To Metabolic Disease Trials8/28/2024
Learn how innovative strategies like free health exams, community engagement, and a comprehensive patient database helped this project achieve rapid enrollment with a high level of patient diversity.
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Reducing The Burden Of Patient Retention And Improving Continuity1/6/2026
Immunology trials often place a sustained burden on participants. However, integrating Home Trial Support (HTS) into a Phase 3 immunology trial can help improve the overall study experience.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
- 05.15.26 -- Clinical Trial Monitoring: Ensuring Compliance And Data Integrity
- 05.15.26 -- Protocol And Regulatory Support Services
- 05.14.26 -- Working (Well) With Patient Advocates: The Sponsor POV
- Reducing The Burden Of Patient Retention And Improving Continuity
- 05.13.26 -- STREAM Edition: Watch Presentations The Help You Grow And Improve Clinical Trials
RECRUITMENT AND DIVERSITY
This section includes some helpful resources regarding patient recruitment and diversity in clinical trials, including this link to the FDA's guidance on diversity action plans.
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![Find clinical trials for-GettyImages-1418948426]( "When AI Agents Start Researching Trials On Behalf Of Patients, What Happens?")
Right now, patients are using AI agents to find clinical trials. But soon enough, these AI tools will be doing it on their own and feeding patients the results. Recruitment expert Ross Jackson discusses this shift and what it will mean for sponsors.
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![Lab Experiment-GettyImages-157697835]( "The U.S. Clinical Trial Recruiting Pipeline Report – May 2026")
This WhichTrial report breaks down which drug trials are growing the most and the least, drugs that are no longer being studied, and new drugs to the clinic from March 7 to May 1, 2026.
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![Senior woman with caregiver-GettyImages-2151920853]( "Static Reimbursement Structures Aren't Enough. Patients Need Whole-Person Support")
Fixed patient reimbursement isn't enough, says Donna Libretti Cooke, Erin Miller, and Jeanne M. Regnante. To truly care for patients and support their participation in a clinical trial, they need whole-person support.
FOCUS ON PATIENTS
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![Mother abd adult daughter at doctors-GettyImages-2213748134]( "Designing Trials Patients Can Actually Complete: Lessons From The SWIFT Deep TMS Study")
Being time conscious and attuned to patient needs are two contributing factors to trials that recruit and retain patients for the duration.
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![build trust-GettyImages-1175873327]( "It's A Fact: Sharing Clinical Trial Results With Participants Builds Trust")
CISCRP experts share results from their annual Perceptions & Insights Study showing that patients continue to place a high value on receiving both individual and overall study results.
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![prescription instructions-GettyImages-1785706494]( "Precision Medicine Needs Better Infrastructure — And We Already Have The Models For It")
Standard methods for evaluating clinical trial representativeness perform poorly when the trial population differs from the broader disease population in a patient registry. June Cha, Ph.D., MPH, explains how the right metrics can make a difference.
