Standard of Care Payment Overlap
Pharmaceutical and biotech clinical trials in the United States assume $1.1 billion in patient treatment costs that would normally be covered by commercial and public third party payers. These medical procedures are often a part of the treatment third party payers are required to provide their patients. Many pharmaceutical and biotech companies routinely include standard of care payment considerations in their clinical grant payment agreements with sites conducting oncology studies. However, this standard of care payment practice is usually not widely followed in other therapeutic areas, despite its broad acceptance in oncology. An analyses of US Phase I and III clinical studies, outside of oncology, shows that 22% of clinical trial procedures paid for by pharmaceutical companies would be covered by public and commercial third party payers as part of their standard of care treatment for these patients. Drawing upon data from GrantPlan®, the industry’s largest current database of clinical grants, and over 1 billion patient claims records, TTC and Trialytics determined that commercially funded Phase II-IVclinical trials are far more expensive than they need to be.
Including Women of Childbearing Age in Clinical Research
March 26th 2024In recognition of International Women's Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and Marie Teil, Global Head of UCB’s Women of Childbearing Age Program. They speak about the specific challenges women with chronic illnesses face when accessing appropriate treatment and participating in clinical trials, UCB's Women of Childbearing Age Program and it’s most successful strategies, and much more.
Using Patient Reported Outcomes in Dermatology Trials
April 25th 2024In part 3 of this video interview with ACT editor Andy Studna, Melissa Mooney, director, eCOA sales engineering, IQVIA sheds light on the unique challenges of dermatology trials and how clinical outcome assessments can be implemented in them.
Improving Engagement While Maintaining Data Integrity & Validity
March 19th 2024In recognition of Women's Health Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and uMotif's Chief Product Officer, Julia Lakeland, discuss new technologies improving patient engagement and reducing the emotional and logistical burdens of participation, ethical considerations that should be addressed when implementing those technologies, while ensuring patient privacy, and much more.
