Digital Health Technologies In Clinical Studies Comes With Practical Challenges

Whether subjects can use their own personal devices, how to manage mid-study technology updates, and the extent to which data gathered will be shared with patients in real-time are all issues that sponsors, investigators and regulators need to consider.

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Patients generally prefer to wear their own smartwatch if one is needed for clinical trial participation. • Source: Shutterstock

[Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Pink Sheet on 27 April.]

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