By The drug development industry is experiencing pressure to streamline clinical systems. Clinical leaders like Veristat are abandoning outdated, decades-old clinical technologies and embracing hi-tech options for a more effective clinical trial design.
One of the most trending upgrades is the adoption of function-specific e-Clinical applications that allow risk-based clinical trial planning and the ability to convert data into truly actionable insights. But why is streamlining your clinical study driving efficiency in your research? Let’s dive in.
It makes it Easier to Capture Data
Streamlining your clinical trials through technology advancements like mobile and wearable devices results in hassle-free patient data capturing. Such technologies enable remote patient monitoring across all study locations you’ve established. This improves the overall efficiency of your clinical research. On top of that, we all know that patient data drives the decision-making processes in your research. Once you can collect this data consistently and closely monitor it throughout the study, you can make decisions from a statistical perspective, which translates to huge success in the end.
Fast Recruitment of Relevant Patients
One of the greatest problems clinical trials face is the fast recruitment of patients with the specific requirements for the study. Streamlining your clinical study means you avoid the traditional recruitment methods that target the mass instead of a specific group. For instance, searching for UTI patient recruits through billboards or radio advertisements would encourage any person suffering from the disease to contact your site, regardless of whether they meet the requirements for the study. On the other hand, digital technology like Artificial Intelligence filters out unqualified patients and only targets those meeting your trial’s requirements. This way, you fasten the recruitment process to begin the study at the set timelines.
It enhances Data Security in Your Clinical Trial
With digital innovations in the drug test and development industry, clinical trials are vulnerable to data breaches or malware attacks. And because patient data protection and privacy are key in any clinical research, you should advance data security in your trials. Check and block any backdoors access attempts in your databases to prevent data leakages to unauthorized third parties. This could be through employing solid antimalware programs in your systems or adopting blockchain technology in your clinical research. And considering that the trial’s data is the center of everything in the research, protecting your database helps mitigate the risk of the trial’s failure.
Excellent patient retention and engagement
Successful patient recruitment doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll retain the participants from the beginning to the end of the study. Sometimes you might recruit enough patients only to have most of them abandoning the study in the middle. But by streamlining your clinical trial you can solve this issue. For instance, you can launch a remote clinical trial instead of hosting the patients on a physical site. You’ll save participants the trouble of frequent movement to and from the research site – they’ll participate from the comfort of their homes. This way, you’ll boost patient engagement and reduce participant drop rates in your clinical trial.
Streamlining your clinical study comes with so many great benefits you shouldn’t miss out on. Upgrade your trial design and how you handle clinical data and drive success to your research.
