Healthcare experts have noted that their number one primary concern amid the COVID-19 pandemic was the delay to initiation or inability to conduct clinical trials, according to a recent survey by GlobalData. The data and analytics company notes that at peak over 1,200 clinical trials experienced some level of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey, completed between June 4th-22th, found remote patient monitoring and shifting towards the use of decentralized clinical trials were the top two methods respondents are using to address disruptions. Out of 150 respondents, only 34% were already using decentralized clinical trials, most located in North America. Contract service providers were the biggest current adopters.
Furthermore, according to 67% of survey participants, COVID-19 is the reason they plan to use decentralized clinical trials in the future.
Read the full release and get more of the findings, here.
Unifying Industry to Better Understand GCP Guidance
May 7th 2025In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, David Nickerson, head of clinical quality management at EMD Serono; and Arlene Lee, director of product management, data quality & risk management solutions at Medidata, discuss the newest ICH E6(R3) GCP guidelines as well as how TransCelerate and ACRO have partnered to help stakeholders better acclimate to these guidelines.