Advancements in biosensor technology are becoming increasingly common in the consumer space, with wrists adorned with Fitbits or similar devices, clothing embedded with “intelligent” fibers, and personal safety devices seen in healthcare facilities across the nation. Our culture is increasingly accustomed to tracking health metrics through smartphones and simple recreational wearables. In the pharmaceutical space, we are now seeing where success in the consumer segment can translate to value-adds for clinical trials.
The challenge to recruit and retain numbers of patients for Phase 3 industry-sponsored trials is not new to the industry. In fact, 48 percent of sites miss their enrollment targets and 80 percent of trials are delayed due to recruitment, but there are new opportunities to achieve recruitment goals while also minimizing dropout.
With over 7,000 medicines currently being developed, the future of medicine looks exciting, but there are still questions: How do we achieve this future, and do we really need more standards or regulations … or more freedom?
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions recently interviewed 43 biopharmaceutical industry stakeholders to explore where the industry sees value and opportunities for using digital technologies in the clinical development process; understand reasons behind the relatively slow pace of digital adoption; and uncover strategies to overcome barriers and accelerate the use of digital in clinical trials. This is the first of two articles that shares interview findings and insights published in the new Deloitte Center for Health Solutions report Digital R&D: Transforming the future of clinical development.
The key law that governs the pharmaceutical industry in India is the Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945. Over time, several amendments have been made to the D&C Act and rules. Schedule Y and Part XA (which covers rules 122A, 122B, 122D, 122DA, 122DAB, 122DAC, 122DB, 122DC, 122DD, and 122E) describe the various procedures for importing or manufacturing new drugs for sale or undertaking clinical trials (CTs) in the country. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), the national regulatory agency (also known as the Central Licensing Authority), regulates CTs in India.
Over a quarter of a million clinical trials are currently registered on clinicaltrials.gov. It’s no wonder that society has high hopes for the next cure for cancer, a breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease treatment, and more effective prevention of common conditions such as strokes.
When it comes to drug development, the pharmaceutical industry has long followed the same model for how we approach clinical trials. However, we are on the precipice of a new opportunity for the entire healthcare system in which emerging technologies can help us develop and deliver medicines to patients in more agile and efficient ways than ever before.
Lupus is a complicated imbalance of the immune system with a spectrum of manifestations that vary from patient to patient and may change in the same person over time. This complexity makes treatment development challenging.
Recent revisions to the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) Guideline for Good Clinical Practice, as outlined in ICH E6 (R2), have provided an impetus for sponsors to reevaluate their oversight and quality management processes throughout the clinical development process.
Raise your hand if you are a sponsor/CRO that wants to be the organization of choice for investigative sites. Now, raise your hand if you put your sites through endless hours of Web or e-learning training as part of the study start-up process. This is just one of several surefire ways to kill a site’s enthusiasm and commitment to working with you or on your studies. Another, for the record, is sending ill-prepared clinical research associates (CRAs) who are not training specialists to do the PowerPoint death march at site initiation visits (SIVs)!
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