For sponsors and CROs, patient recruitment has become a moving target. Recruitment tactics are shifting from the use of traditional, centralized advertising to digital and online media. Outreach strategies have become more targeted and companies are moving toward leveraging networks of electronic medical records (EMRs) and other data to support more effective recruitment for clinical trials.
By using and integrating ResearchKit and ResearchDroid, Appbakery is capable of creating powerful and native iOS and Android apps. According to the company’s website, the product features HealthKit support, GoogleFit support, sensor support, and a data storage solution compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as well as simple surveys and prebuilt consent modules. A monthly fee is charged for this commercial solution.
When Apple announced ResearchKit in March 2015, and unveiled the first five apps to test-drive the company’s new approach to clinical research, the announcement made a big splash. And indeed, in the weeks following, those apps posted incredible recruitment figures: for instance, Parkinson’s emPower study saw 5,500 sign-ups by day two and ended up with more than 18,000 participants.
Innovative provider of technology-driven solutions continues to integrate products and services that enable sponsors, CROs and sites to do more trials together
DrugDev, a leading provider of technology driven solutions that help investigators, sponsors and CROs do more trials together, announced today the establishment of the DrugDev Innovation Lab, a technology incubator designed to accelerate emerging solutions in clinical trial automation. Led by DrugDev Executive Chairman Hugo Stephenson, MD, the DrugDev Innovation Lab will provide the expert guidance, capital resources and ecosystem necessary for smaller companies to scale their novel products into industry gold standard solutions.
Clinical trials are a clear area where mobile engagement and big data have serious potential, but it’s still a largely untapped use case. There have been a lot of stories recently about the opportunities in that space, but also on the challenges companies have encountered in implementing them. At least one abandoned study and one failed company can attest to those.