Expert Insights On Decentralized Trials

31. How Can Clinical Research Better Navigate Healthcare Deserts? 1/17/2023

    Large swaths of the U.S. remain healthcare deserts, where access to clinical sites, pharmacies, and hospitals is limited. This contributes to underrepresentation in clinical research. What are the roles of technology and community outreach, and what are some current industry efforts to address it?

32. The Long-Term Impact Of COVID-19 On Clinical Trials: Part 2 1/16/2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic is helping create a “new normal” for the life sciences industry regarding the policies, procedures, and processes of clinical trials. In Part 1, we discussed five factors that more directly impact the clinical trial process and patients. In Part 2, we will discuss six factors that focus on organizational structure and the broader industry. 

33. The Long-Term Impact Of COVID-19 On Clinical Trials: Part 1 1/11/2023

    Pandemics provide a massive pressure-test of healthcare systems, allowing us to isolate what works well and what merits improvement. The COVID-19 pandemic is going to create a “new normal” regarding resetting the equilibrium in a variety of policies, procedures, and processes. In Part 1, we examine five factors that more directly impact the clinical trial process and patients.

34. Two Straightforward Ways To Improve DE&I In Clinical Trials 12/27/2022

    We don’t have to wait for federal guidance, additional DHT, or new innovations. We have the tools to begin to address the lack of trust and limited data and incorporate them into diversity plans for clinical trials today. Here's how.

35. 4 Essential Drivers In Clinical Development For Emerging Biotechs 12/21/2022

    Enrollment, enrollment, enrollment has been the sponsor’s classic mantra for achieving success in a clinical trial. Rather, we should replace this notion with four equally essential building blocks: 1) the selection of the right CRO, 2) the identification of study sites, 3) the engagement of sites, and 4) the enrollment of patients.

36. 5 Trends Across Employee And Clinical Trial Recruitment 11/28/2022

    Whether in the world of employment or clinical trials recruitment, if recruits can’t find what they’re looking for from you, they will find it from someone else or fail to engage entirely. Explore five trends crucial to successful employee and trial participant recruitment.

37. Key Learnings To Optimize Clinical Trials During COVID-19 11/4/2022

    Designing and conducting trials during the COVID-19 global pandemic forced clinical teams to be creative, to explore the use of technology, and to design a trial that meets the participants where they are — without compromising outcomes. 

38. Will DCTs Become The Norm? 10/5/2022

    Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) have been an option for more than a decade, though the pandemic has been the catalyst for change. There is no doubt that DCTs and digitalization are starting to transform clinical research, but will they become the norm?

39. Using RWE In Clinical Trials: Challenges & Opportunities 9/19/2022

    What are real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE), and how can we overcome the challenges of integrating them into clinical trials to produce better outcomes?

40. 3 Strategies For Diverse, Large-Scale Clinical Studies 8/18/2022

    Chuanbo Xu of Freenome shares the three strategies that his team used to successfully enroll a diverse patient population across 200 sites for its recent clinical trial.