Digital Clinical Trials: A Practical Guide to Design, Implementation & Future Trends is a comprehensive handbook for researchers, investigators, and clinical trial professionals navigating the shift from traditional site-based studies to digital and decentralized models.
This book breaks down the essential components of digital trials-covering eConsent, remote patient monitoring, wearables, telemedicine, electronic data capture, and risk-based monitoring-with practical workflows, case studies, and checklists for real-world application.
Readers will learn how to design patient-centric protocols, ensure regulatory compliance, manage data integrity, and implement technology-driven solutions that enhance trial efficiency while reducing costs and participant burden. Special chapters address ethical considerations, patient engagement, and global regulatory frameworks, ensuring a well-rounded perspective.
The final section explores future innovations, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital biomarkers, and virtual reality, offering a forward-looking view of how clinical research will evolve in the coming decade.
Whether you are a principal investigator, research coordinator, sponsor, CRO professional, or student of clinical research, this guide equips you with the knowledge, tools, and insights to succeed in the rapidly growing field of digital and decentralized clinical trials.
