Much has been said about the boom of decentralised clinical trials (DCTs) over the past couple of years, but not enough has been done to characterise the series of seemingly analogous elements and approaches that can make a clinical trial decentralised.

The abundance of trial activities that can be conducted remotely or supported by digital tools has given rise to a nomenclature that is equivocal. And this has fuelled an ambiguous collective conversation in which “decentralised” trials are not being perceptibly different from each other, even if in practice they can be quite distinct in their approach and impact.

While some of these remote or virtual approaches have been around for some time, we may be witnessing a true paradigm shift in the way clinical research is conceived. At Clinical Trials Arena we feel it is time to get past the understandable hype-talking stage (these approaches have kept trials running during very challenging times) and help the clinical trial ecosystem ride this tidal adoption wave.

Through a pioneering taxonomic lens powered by GlobalData, we are introducing the first analysis of a series based on a global DCT adoption tracker. These analyses will provide key insights on the adoption trends of specific decentralisation approaches and components, whether digital or otherwise. These valuable insights will help you, our audience, understand the DCT landscape by therapeutic area, geography, sponsor, CRO involvement, and other relevant trial characteristics.

Our goal is to facilitate the characterisation of DCT archetypes across the evolving trial decentralisation continuum while we report on one of the most fascinating developments in the clinical research field to date. As evidence for impact on clinical development KPIs starts to mount, and a plethora of decentralisation approaches continue to flow into sponsor and CRO toolkits, every month we will deploy our best data-led reporting to deliver the latest on the clinical trial decentralisation landscape.

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