Clinical Trial Technology Editorial

  1. We're Looking At Patient Recruitment All Wrong 1/22/2025

    Leanne Woehlke, a 30-year veteran of the clinical research industry, says our standard patient recruitment efforts are lacking one key element — a focus on the patient’s needs. 

  2. Takeda Taps AI Partner To Improve Patient Selection, Clinical Assessments, And Treatment Pathways For IBD 1/10/2025

    Takeda's Vijay Yajnik, MD, Ph.D. describes the company's partnership with an AI/ML vendor to improve endoscopic assessments in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research.

  3. How AI Will Transform Health Equity In Clinical Trials In 2025 12/23/2024

    Click Therapeutics' CMO/CSO Shaheen Lakhan, MD, Ph.D., FAAN explains how the shift toward AI is the first step in addressing diversity in clinical trials.

  4. AI Won't Save Us: Why We Must Save Ourselves 12/20/2024

    We need to bring automation, technology, and AI to the true bottlenecks of drug development — not just the early discovery phases or broader topics such as site selection but the nuts and bolts of clinical trial execution. AI can help reduce the day-to-day burden on clinical trial sites, automate repetitive tasks, and minimize the manual work that adds no value but leads to burnout.

  5. 5 Trends In Digital Therapeutics For 2025 12/16/2024

    Digital health executive Acacia Parks, Ph.D. lays out five trends in digital therapeutics (DTx) for the new year.

  6. 4 Perspectives On What's Next In Clinical Trial Tech 12/12/2024

    Clinical Leader asked clinical research professionals: “Internal, external, patient-facing, or otherwise — what clinical trial tech tool are you most excited to embrace or ditch in the new year? And why?”

  7. How Did Clinical Researchers Actually Use AI In 2024? 12/5/2024

    Looking ahead to 2025, Clinical Leader seeks to understand how clinical research professionals are incorporating AI into their work. So we asked them, “Simply put: Are you using any iteration of AI in your role within clinical research? If so, how and why?”

  8. Pondering The "What Ifs" Of Inspection Readiness With Generative AI 12/4/2024

    Just In Time GCP Founder and CEO Donna Dorozinsky contemplates some of the developing uses of generative AI for inspection readiness.

  9. What's Trending In Medical Devices And Diagnostics For 2025? 12/4/2024

    Four program directors from the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) share their predictions on the trends that will drive innovation and reshape clinical research in 2025.

  10. A Data-Driven Approach That Could Change Mental Healthcare In 2025… And Beyond 12/2/2024

    Heterogeneity of patient populations combined with subjective clinical interpretation often results in imprecise treatments, frustrated patients, and poor outcomes, says Greg Hajcak, Ph.D. Here, he argues for a data-driven approach, also called “precision psychiatry,” to personalize clinical trials and care.