Jeff Lee had the opportunity to be a moderator at the Mobile in Clinical Trials event where he sat down with mobile experts within the pharmaceutical industry. The session allowed for new observations in regards to the value that these mobile technologies have within clinical trials.
While many would like to see mHealth and wearable technologies incorporated in clinical trials, regulatory guidance has yet to be established for these innovations. However, some guidances do exist on the regulation and validation of mHealth use in consumer settings.
Technology now provides many advances that can determine the future of clinical trials. How sponsors, vendors, regulators and new entrants to the sector manage this transition will determine how effectively the industry adopts these tools.
mHealth is making a strong case for its ability to optimize clinical trials and improve engagement with participants and patients.
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Electronic data collection has grown rapidly over the course of the last ten years.
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Cenduit has benefited greatly from the relationship we have with our parent companies, from Quintiles’ clinical development experience to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s clinical supply chain know-how.
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Optimizing study protocols and improving data quality have been notable areas of focus in the biopharmaceutical industry; the total number of endpoints in a typical Phase III protocol increased from 7 to 13.
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The introduction of easily worn biosensors, such as FitBit, Garmin’s Vivofit, and Apple’s iWatch, have created a large influx of interest in the area of mobile health (mHealth).
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Nowhere has the advance of technology left its footprint more visibly than in the field of healthcare and clinical research.
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ResearchKit is Apple’s foray into clinical research based on the backbone of its HealthKit, released in June 2014, which offered the ability for health and fitness apps to communicate with each other. mHealth News reported Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “As we worked on HealthKit, we came across an even broader impact that iPhone could make, and that is on medical research.”
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The potential for mHealth to positively impact clinical trials is extraordinary, but as we’re in the early days, there are far more questions than answers.
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Practical issues that accompany the decision to integrate PDAs and other handheld devices.
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Practical guidance for effectively integrating PDAs and other handheld devices into CTs
