WHO Homes In On Best Practices For More Effective And Equitable Clinical Trials

26 Sep 2024

Patient centricity, diversity, innovation and transparency are key topics in the World Health Organization’s new guidance that recommends best practices for clinical trials and complements existing international guidance in this area.

Diversity And Inclusion At Workplace. Inclusive Hiring And Insurance — WHO has recommended reforms to enable trials in underrepresented populations • Source: Shutterstock

The World Health Organization has released its much-awaited guidance on best practices for clinical trials, which addresses challenges such as poor trial design, limited diversity of participants, insufficient infrastructure and bureaucratic efficiencies that cost time, money and lives.

Key Takeaways

The WHO has issued new guidance to improve the design, conduct and oversight of clinical trials in countries of all income levels.

The 76-page WHO guidance offers recommendations for national health authorities, regulatory authorities, researchers, funders and others on how they...