Clinical Trial Technology Editorial

  1. Is Blockchain The Solution To Derisking Unreliable Clinical Trial Data? 8/16/2024

    Technological advances have provided fertile ground for scientific fraud, but blockchain just may be the key to ensuring a transparent, trusted, and certified process for collecting, managing, and analyzing clinical trial data.

  2. Automation: From Protocol Definition To Submission 8/12/2024

    Three members of Merck's global clinical data integration team discuss how automating various parts of the clinical trial process can improve data integrity.

  3. Managing Risk In New And Emerging Trial Technology Trends 7/31/2024

    As technology advances, the risk that comes with integrating them into clinical trials rises. Beazley U.S. Life Sciences Underwriter Brendan Tarte discusses how to manage risk with tech like wearables, DHTs, AI/ML, and more.

  4. Insights Into TMF Challenges & Solutions — Part 2 6/28/2024

    In part 2 of this two-part Q&A, Nicole Palmer, CEO and president of consulting firm Granular Level, gives some good career advice for TMF professionals and talks about TMF audits and the EU’s Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS).

  5. Takeda Chooses Wearable To Improve Patient Experience & Data In Sleep Study 6/27/2024

    Takeda Head of the Orexin Franchise Development and Neuroscience Portfolio Strategy Elena Koundourakis explains why her team decided to pursue the use of DHTs and the benefits of doing so, for both the patients and the data accuracy. 

  6. Insights Into TMF Challenges & Solutions — Part 1 6/26/2024

    This is part one of a two-part Q&A I did with Nicole Palmer about a variety of issues surrounding the trial master file (TMF). In this part, she talks about the TMF Reference Model, moving to an eISF, and challenges with e-signatures. 

  7. The Future Of Epilepsy Research And Transformative Treatments 6/12/2024

    UCB's Head of Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes discusses the future of epilepsy treatment and clinical trials.

  8. Digitalized Drug Forecasting Minimizes Waste In Clinical Trial Supply Chain 6/5/2024

    Why should pharma companies strive for more sustainable clinical trials? And how can digitalizing drug forecasting reduce waste in the supply chain? J&J Innovative Medicine's Kristel Rens explains.

  9. How IRBs Can Keep Up With the Rest Of The Clinical Research Industry 5/29/2024

    Univo IRB CEO Julie Blasingim explores the new era of IRBs and how they can leverage technology to stay on pace with and meet the needs of the rest of the clinical research industry.

  10. The Best Advice I Ever Got: On The Job 5/22/2024

    To commemorate Clinical Trials Day 2024, Clinical Leader tapped its community of clinical research professionals to share their insights — from individual efforts to partnership best practices to trial design and more.