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EU Guidance To Tackle Sponsor/Investigator Overlap In Decentralized Trials

 
• By Vibha Sharma

With sponsors of decentralized clinical trials increasingly getting involved in contracting third-party vendors to deliver services that are traditionally overseen by investigators, a much-awaited EU recommendation paper will explain how both parties can maintain control over their distinctive roles.

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Investigators Should Be Involved Early In Designing Trials With Decentralized Elements • Source: Shutterstock

The upcoming pan-EU recommendation paper on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) will offer guidance on the tricky subject of how sponsors and investigators can demonstrate control over their respective responsibilities in such studies.

The problem arises because in DCTs – in which certain trial activities are conducted remotely and in, or near, participants’...

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