Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials Articles & Guides

Guides, benchmarks, and practical playbooks for running better clinical trials, from study design and trial technology to decentralized and hybrid models.

Comparison of patient registry versus clinical trial across design, intervention, and data

Patient Registry vs Clinical Trial: Key Differences

Diagram of the FDA framework for digital health technologies in clinical trials and the V3 validation stages

Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) in Clinical Trials: The FDA Framework

Process diagram of digital endpoints in clinical trials from sensor data through validation to a trial outcome

Digital Endpoints in Clinical Trials: From Sensor Data to Trial Outcomes

Concept map of digital biomarkers in clinical trials from wearable signals like sleep, heart rate, gait, and activity

Digital Biomarkers in Clinical Trials: A Practical Guide

Comparison of BYOD versus provisioned devices in clinical trials across cost, data quality, equity, and compliance

BYOD vs Provisioned Devices in Clinical Trials

Diagram of wearables in clinical trials showing sensor data becoming digital biomarkers and validated endpoints

Wearables in Clinical Trials: A Complete Guide

Maturity ladder infographic for patient centricity in clinical trials from patients informed to designing trials together

Patient Centricity in Clinical Trials: What It Means and How to Operationalize It

Clinical trial patient journey timeline across eight stages from awareness to results, marking where participants disengage

The Clinical Trial Patient Journey: Every Stage and Where Participants Disengage

Infographic comparing patient involvement and participant engagement in clinical trials, the two meanings of patient engagement

What Is Patient Engagement in Clinical Trials? Involvement vs Participation

Infographic comparing CTMS vs EDC: CTMS for trial operations and EDC for clinical data capture, integrated together

CTMS vs EDC: Differences, Overlap, and How They Work Together

Diagram showing where a clinical trial management system fits alongside EDC, eTMF and eCOA in the eClinical stack

What Is a Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)?

Infographic illustrating real-world data sources in clinical trials, from wearables and EHR to patient-reported outcomes

Real World Data in Clinical Trials: Practical Guide

Research coordinator and participant reviewing a digital consent form on a tablet at a study site

eConsent in Clinical Trials: How It Works and FDA Rules

Clinical trial participant completing an eCOA symptom assessment on her smartphone at home

What Is eCOA in Clinical Trials? A Complete Guide

February 18, 2025

Using Open Ended Questions in Qualitative Research For Better Understanding

October 8, 2021

The advantages of mobile data collection for your research study data

October 8, 2021

Why data quality + security are the keys to enabling digital health care