Experts Want To Drop Confusing Terminology For Decentralized Clinical Trials

While there is a growing interest in the adoption of decentralized elements in clinical trials, in which activities are centered around study participants rather than investigator sites, the lack of standardized terminology for such research can hamper meaningful discussions on this front.

A new paper, published in the scientific journal Drug Discovery Today, proposes doing away with terms like “remote” or “virtual” trials when referring to a decentralized trial (DCT), which...