03.20.23 -- 2023 Best Practices In Decentralized Trials

Clinical trial teams are always looking to find ways to implement technologies into their work. While some efforts have revealed shortcomings in existing tech, teams have also discovered new opportunities to improve these tools and build more effective DCTs. Check out emerging technologies that will help facilitate the spread of decentralized clinical trials.

Digital literacy skills are no longer merely nice to have. They are important for navigating daily life at home and at work. Explore which specific forces are driving the need for strong digital knowledge and how contract research organizations can build those skills for use now and in the future.

One of the biggest challenges in clinical trials is recruitment, as the process involves gathering a sufficiently diverse patient cohort to provide high-quality, representative results. Discover how decentralized trials can help reduce the impact of unconscious bias, allowing researchers to diversify enrollment and build a more reliable data set.

One challenge common to all clinical trials is coordinating the roles and needs of various stakeholders. Decentralization of a clinical trial decouples some or all trial procedures and data-gathering from the central trial site, making coordination even more crucial. Consider these best practices when identifying, understanding, and aligning what’s needed for your next DCT.

The data management profession has become increasingly complex over the past few decades, and today’s clinical data managers have created more clearly defined roles within their organizations. Learning how evaluating what a clinical data manager should be responsible for could help improve study tracking and data accuracy.