Clinical Trial Technology: New Kids on the Block are Changing Industry Dynamics: COVID has accelerated to the scene upstart digital efforts to transform patient engagement and data management/integration--but progress remains measured

ABSTRACT

The article reports that Since 2017 many clinical trial vendors have developed products aimed at improving patient recruitment for clinical trials, tracking patient responses to potential therapies, or integrating all data produced in the trial technology ecosystem. The COVID-19 pandemic hastened these changes, especially related to the technologies that support decentralized clinical trials, although some observers say that many technologies now coming into view existed pre-pandemic.