With so much at stake, clinical trials can often be a challenge for both research institutions and patients. Because in order to test new drugs, treatments or medical products – and prove their efficacy with certainty – a reliable system needs to be in place in order to aggregate all the huge amounts of data produced, also known as “endpoints”.  

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Clario, an e-clinical data management company, has developed a platform with the goal of making the processes behind clinical trials more efficient for sponsors, trial sites and contract research organizations (CROs). At its heart lies a team of several hundred medical experts and scientists, who ensure that everything meets scientific and regulatory standards, and project managers and customer service support team members, who oversee studies all over the world. Bringing it all together is Clario’s rigorously tested clinical trial management software – which along with networked devices and artificial intelligence approaches – functions as a comprehensive and reliable platform for generating medical data across electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA), cardiac safety, medical imaging, respiratory and precision motion.  

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Clario has also proven itself a leader in providing the remote data collection technologies that enable hybrid and decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). With their Trial Anywhere™ Solutions, responsibility can be easily moved from qualified personnel to clinical trial participants without sacrificing data integrity. As a result, certain medical procedures that were previously confined to clinical settings can now be done entirely from home, like spirometry, which is the measurement and recording of lung or respiratory volume. This added flexibility is often a welcome relief to clinical trial participants, who are often burdened with the need to expend valuable time or resources planning logistics around traveling to study sites. Enhanced data protections and security features integrated into DCT solutions also bring value to everyone involved – contributing to participant confidence and peace of mind. Foreseeing a future where patients, caregivers, sponsors and CROs need more flexibility in clinical trial collection has ensured that even during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, Clario – which has been working on remote solutions for 20 years – was prepared to minimize disruptions to patient’s lives and enable trial continuity around the world. 

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With its origins in 1972, Clario has since grown into a global company operating 30 offices in nine countries. Over the course of 50 years, Clario has become an expert in clinical trials, helping more than 800 life-changing drugs come to market. Its next priority is addressing the urgent need for more diversity and inclusion in clinical trials, because for underrepresented populations, the safety and efficacy of a medicine can’t be assured unless these groups are properly represented in clinical trials.