The company’s Goes Direct effort seeks to partner with local doctors and other community healthcare providers to encourage broader representation in clinical trials.
The latest Study Voices survey from BBK Worldwide indicates healthcare consumers and trial participants think alike towards technology, doctor access and quality of care.
US FDA’s 2019 Drugs Trials Snapshots show female participation in clinical trials of the drugs approved during the past year increased, although ethnic diversity remains an issue.
Strict timeframes set from sponsors in clinical studies often come in conflict with patients’ convenience, forming the biggest challenge to patient-centricity, says Medidata.
The potential of a virtual approach in eliminating site management costs during clinical trials is the main motive, even for ‘conservative’, hesitant developers, says Syneos.
Due to the imperative for secure communication between stakeholders organizing clinical trials, a recent report suggests that blockchain technology could be a ‘perfect’ solution.
The levels of patients enrolling for a clinical trial as a first form of treatment for cancer is 0.1%, whilst also being predominantly made up of white males with private insurance.
Though pharma companies now accept the value of AI and machine learning, extra effort is required by the industry to realize the potential business and patient benefits, says Iqvia exec.
PPD adds clinical research unit with ‘strong’ recruiting track record to its portfolio, enabling studies on patient populations ‘more reflective’ of the products’ end-users.
NVIDIA, King's College London, and Owkin team up to connect hospitals across the UK with federated learning, aiming to boost several fields of clinical research.
The access that patients have to information nowadays is an opportunity for companies to integrate their direct feedback, says CSL Behring’s head for Europe.
Sharp’s electronic label for drug packaging can be updated again and again, saving time and costs whilst also improving patient engagement during clinical trials.
PPD puts the spotlight on special patient populations by supporting clinical trials with Asian participants, preparing developers to expand into the Asian market.
Speaking at CPhI 2019, Piramal CCO puts the spotlight on patients who ultimately 'pay the bill,' and explains how this mentality could reshape the CDMO business.
ConvergeHealth by Deloitte has launched a new platform for the health care ecosystem that provides clinical trial participants and patients with personalized support and connection to their care teams.
Early dialogue with patients is ‘critical’ to design efficient clinical development programs for ATMPs and avoid ‘data gaps’, an executive from ARM says.
The FDA has published the second in a series of guidance documents that aim to accelerate research and the use of patient input to inform clinical development programs, says Iqvia head.
Iqvia’s Orchestrated Patient Engagement solution, powered by Belong.Life, delivers ‘hyper-personalized’ content to engage and support patients, providing insights that will benefit patients, life sciences companies, and the health care system, says CEO.
Firma Clinical Research collaborates with patient advocates to integrate patient-specific information into its clinical trial patient care partner training program, as the company conducts more procedures in-home 'than ever before.'
Incorporating patient insights into clinical trial design has ‘consistently’ shown to improve timelines, though this requires involvement from all stakeholders, including physicians, who on average spend only 17.5 minutes with a patient during a single...
Patients often feel more comfortable sharing their feelings with a device than with a health care provider, found researchers at Janssen, who have developed a new voice technology application for clinical trials.
Javara, Elligo Health Research, and Circuit Clinical are leading ‘a monumental shift’ in how clinical trials are conducted through the ‘integrated research organization’ model, which is taking on traditional approaches challenged by ‘participant scarcity’...
From pilot projects to process changes, the evolution of patient centricity is affecting all aspects of drug development, say industry experts, who share best practices and lessons learned.
After ‘holding its breath’ for nearly half a decade, pharma and health care companies are ready to implement new technology in clinical trials – though data standardization will be key to fully realizing the benefits.
Iqvia today launches its new patient portal, designed to support clinical trial participants throughout the process with a “direct connection to the clinical research environment,” says company executive.
The increasing number of cell and gene therapies in clinical development is evolving the supply chain into a ‘supply cycle,’ says TrakCel CEO, with service providers being called to maintain control under pressure.
Acclinate Genetics launches e-DICT, a clinical trials management system aiming to close the gap between the population rate of minorities in the US and their participation rate in clinical trials.
Massive Bio is looking to create the world’s largest AI-enabled ‘just-in-time’ oncology site network to accelerate study recruitment – and believes that 15-20% of advanced-stage cancer patients can be enrolled in clinical trials, says CEO.
A study by Biofourmis aims to improve patient centricity in the drug approval processes by using wearable technology and mobile software to monitor the quality of life for patients with heart failure.
An Executive Order signed by President Trump aims to increase research, incentives, and treatment access for kidney disease patients and could 'fundamentally transform kidney therapeutics,' says president of the American Society of Nephrology....
Elligo expands its Research Ready network and adds its first oncology practice through a partnership with Austin Cancer Center, which is currently enrolling patients for breast cancer studies.
Belong.Life raises $14m as part of a Series B funding round with plans to expand its patient engagement platform, using and complementing Iqvia’s solutions “to transform patient engagement,” says Iqvia VP.
Panelist during the opening session of the DIA Annual Meeting last week stressed the need to work collaboratively, bringing patients into the fold as co-creators of clinical trials to ‘create a whole new landscape for research.’
Datavant enters partnership with Prognos to expand the latter’s analytics capabilities to determine clinical outcomes and inform decision making as data availability grows.
Iqvia today launched a new “patient centered endpoints” solution, which captures the patient experience during clinical trials and real world studies, says SVP.
