Decentralized Trials: Stakeholders Press FDA On Design Flexibility, Role Of HCPs, Harmonization
Executive Summary
Dozens of stakeholders weigh in on FDA’s draft guidance for decentralized clinical trials. They question having a higher bar for DCTs, the new requirement for a task log, and the presumption data collected in these trials may be more variable than that from traditional trials.
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