FAQs To Guide Your Decentralized Clinical Trials Strategy

What are decentralized trials? 

Decentralized trials, also known as hybrid trials, virtual(ized) clinical trials, remote trials, and directto-patient trials, employ a method of conducting clinical trials where parts or all of the trial happen outside a traditional physical clinic or trial site.

What impacts can trial decentralization have on sites and patients?

When decentralizing any aspect of a clinical trial, the site and the patient are directly impacted by the use of technologies addressing patient-facing activities and site-based study oversight and management. Innovative patient-facing solutions:

• lower the burden placed on trial subjects to learn new technologies

• limit the number of devices to carry and multiple logins to track

• facilitate access to remote data capturing tools

At the site level, challenges arise when access to source data and documents is limited.

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