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Study Nurse Guide: Conducting a Decentralized Clinical Trial

Posted | November 19, 2024

Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are transforming the way we conduct medical research, making participation more accessible, patient-centered, and flexible. In these trials, study procedures are often conducted at the patient’s…

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How to Make Clinical Trials More Efficient

Posted | October 28, 2024

Clinical trials are essential for advancing medical treatments, ensuring that new drugs, therapies, and interventions are both safe and effective. However, the clinical trial process is often time-consuming, expensive, and…

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Are Home-based Clinical Trials the Future?

Posted | October 4, 2024

Home-based clinical trials, also known as decentralized or virtual clinical trials, allow participants to participate from the comfort of their own homes. Clinical trials are vital for the advancement of…

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Distance a Key Barrier to Clinical Trial Access: Decentralized and Hybrid Trials

Posted | July 1, 2024

Access to clinical trials allows patients to receive innovative treatments that are not yet available on the market. However, patients face numerous obstacles when attempting to participate in clinical trials,…

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The Future of Decentralisation in Clinical Trials – The Patient Perspective: Chris Ojeda

Posted | August 10, 2023

The clinical trials industry is gradually shifting its weight behind Decentralised Clinical Trials, seeing the considerable potential to address some of its long-standing challenges, including recruitment, engagement, and retention of…

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The Future of Decentralisation in Clinical Trials – The Patient Perspective: Fran Cucca

Posted | August 10, 2023

The clinical trials industry is gradually shifting its weight behind decentralised clinical trials (DCTs), seeing the considerable potential to address some of its long-standing challenges, including recruitment and retention of…

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Introducing Primarius Patient

Posted | March 16, 2023

primarius patient is the latest version of our intuitive mobile app. It forms part of our primarius technology ecosystem and puts patients at the heart of mdgroup services, supporting them…

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Seacole Health: placing the best healthcare and research professionals at the heart of clinical trials

Posted | March 8, 2023

Remarkable teams, remarkable technology, remarkable outcomes We assign specialists on a case-by-case basis, sourcing talent with the necessary skills, licensure, locality, and availability to meet your exact requirements. We provide…

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Our insights from SCOPE 2023

Posted | February 15, 2023

We had an incredible time attending SCOPE Summit 2023 in sunny Orlando, Florida. Thanks to a great turnout, we met many inspirational guests. We enjoyed in-depth conversations about the latest…

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