This article is the first of a three-part series analyzing the ClinicalTrials database.
1- Which innovative technologies have been the most adopted in clinical trials since 2000 ?
2- Which pharmaceutical companies have used digital technologies in their clinical trials ?
3- Which French actors are including digital technology in their clinical trials ?
Many promises are based arround the use of new digital technologies in clinical trials : optimize patients recruitment for clinical trials, opening up access to more people, help sponsors conduct studies, extend follow-up of patients in the trials … The subject of decentralized clinical trials is on the rise, particularly since the beginning of the health crisis, when the use of some technologies has allowed ongoing trials to continue and others to be initiated. However, the use of new technologies is not new, as mind Health’s analysis shows.
Since February 2000, the U.S. health authority, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) have been archiving clinical trials conducted in the United States and in 220 countries around the world on ClinicalTrials.gov website. This represents approximately 370,000 studies, the oldest of which date back to 1931. For each study, there is a wealth of information: the subject, the sponsors, the countries where the study was conducted, the therapeutic areas concerned, etc. The information is provided and updated throughout the study by its sponsor or principal investigator.
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