Decentralized Clinical Trials ‘No Longer A Leap Of Faith’

This second segment of a two-part Pink Sheet article on decentralized clinical trials looks at ensuring that staff at study sites are on onboard to support fast-paced change in this field, how regulatory guidance can help tackle hesitancy, and the need to transparently track such studies.

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Large pharma have made enterprise-wide commitments to embrace DCTs • Source: Shutterstock

The momentum behind the adoption of decentralized elements in clinical trials, which was kickstarted by the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to grow over the coming years and will make this way of conducting research the “de-facto standard.”

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