The challenge:
Our client, a mid-sized US CRO was working on a phase II clinical trial in Atopic Dermatitis expanding to Europe. They had built in-house capabilities to support decentralized clinical trials and were keen to apply their methodology in a clinical trial targeting patients with Atopic Dermatitis. The challenge was that they did not have any previous experience in conducting such trials in Europe and needed help to:
- Understand where they were allowed to deploy their technologies and services for remote patient support;
- Identify the investigators who would be best equipped to work with a mix of face-to-face and remote visits and support options;
The approach:
Thanks to TrialHub‘s filters for virtual trial components used in clinical studies we were able to provide support in less than 3 clicks.
- Once the CRO operational team had set up their Project on TrialHub, they turned on the virtual trial components filter.
- This immediately presented all the trials that have included some sort of remote support to patients as well as the Countries that approved this approach.
- Next step was to export a list of investigators that have participated in such clinical trials and already have the experience providing remote support to patients in their countries.
- Last but not least was to submit more specific questions around e-Consent and telemedicine approvals to local advisors – experts in regulatory affairs and submission timelines, in order to receive a more detailed structure of what they should expect in each of the countries they identified as promising through TrialHub.
The Results:
The CRO was able to get the regional big picture and in-depth understanding of the local landscape for conducting their decentralized clinical trial. At the same time, their sponsor was happy that the CRO demonstrated a real capacity to conduct remote support to patients in their clinical trial.
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