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Will Decentralized Trials Continue Growing After COVID-19 Pandemic Ends?

Some Patients Still Prefer In-Person Clinic Visits

 
• By Alaric DeArment

Some of the changes from the pandemic are here to stay, but so are some of the concerns that kept them from taking root.

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Decentralized trials took off due to the pandemic, but will the trend hold? • Source: Shutterstock

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced drug makers to hit the pause button on clinical trials last year, many sponsors adapted quickly to adopt remote and decentralized practices like telemedicine. That accelerated the trend toward decentralized trials already under way and has led many to believe that the pandemic may lead to more widespread, lasting change. But as the end of the pandemic is in sight, the question that now arises is how many of the changes will take root and continue, and what effect they will have on trial recruitment.

Since early in the pandemic, the general consensus has been that a type of hybrid model would become more prevalent, but would not replace trials requiring hospital-based tests

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