Decentralized clinical trials have been touted for their greater convenience, for enabling clinical investigations during the COVID-19 pandemic and for their ability to increase clinical trial diversity. But decentralized trial technology provider Science 37 sees another benefit, which is that decentralization may help some studies get off the ground in the first place, particularly in diseases with few patients – including rare cancers, where people might not think of such studies as playing as big a role as in other indications.
Decentralized Trials Ease Enrollment In Rare Disease Studies
Panel discussion illustrated how decentralized approaches can expand the possibilities of studies in rare diseases, such as cancers with rare genomic alterations.
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