Joint Study Shows Decentralized Clinical Trials More Resilient than Traditional Trials During Global Pandemic
THREAD-Supported DCTs Outperform Industry Benchmark in Patient Recruitment and Retention
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CARY, N.C.
and NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- THREAD, a global decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) and eCOA provider, and Lokavant, a leading clinical trial intelligence company, today announced the results of a joint analysis demonstrating that clinical trials using decentralized approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic outperformed traditional trials in patient recruitment and retention levels.
The study shows patient recruitment and retention dropped across the industry in early 2020 due to global quarantines and stay-at-home orders. However, decentralized trials rapidly returned to pre-pandemic recruitment and retention levels while traditionally designed clinical trials had yet to recover through September 2020.