The pre-study evaluation visit is the impetus for relationship development/sustainability with the investigational site, and if conducted appropriately, builds the framework for the collaborative relationship integral to study conduct.
Mission-driven companies that offer eClinical and digital healthcare solutions know that using technological advancements in order to provide access to more patients—effectively closing the inequality gap—is necessary for the betterment of the clinical research field at large.
Without an effective strategy, regulation affecting diversity enrollment might impact the ability of sponsors and sites to carry out any research at all, according to conversations with industry research professionals.
Among other data management advice for trials, experts say that clinicians and researchers should consider patient convenience and inconvenience when deciding on the most appropriate data to be recorded.
Decentralized clinical trials pose unique challenges because the critical elements of the trial, from administering treatment to recording and verifying data, no longer take place under the watchful eye of the investigator.