2024-09-06 Hosts Craig Lipset and Dr. Amir Kalali were joined for a conversation about the Trial Innovation Network's Recruitment Innovation Center and their focus on becoming an evidence-based center for recruitment and retention strategies to improve the quality of trials and increase enrollment & health outcomes across America. We'll be joined by Paul Harris, Terri Edwards, Leslie Boone, M.P.H., Mary Stroud, and Brooklyn Henderson (Vanderbilt University) for the discussion.

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2022-12-22 Host Craig Lipset held a conversation around Inspection Readiness for Decentralized Trials. He was joined by special guests Sheila Gwizdak, Doug Shaw and John Sikora for the conversation around inspection readiness for decentralized trials and what to be thinking of, with a focus on patient safety and data integrity.

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2024-05-31 Hosts Amir Kalali and Jane Myles joined allowed guests to join as ask their burning questions about all things DCT. A discussion about the EX-US Market in Japan, adoption of DCT methods, and more were addressed during the live session.

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2022-10-21 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles chatted with John Hall (CluePoints), Joe Dustin (previously Medable) and Daniel DiJohnson (Parexel) about risk based quality monitoring and how it fits into DCTs.

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2024-05-17 Hosts Amir Kalali, MD, Craig Lipset, and Jane Myles were joined by industry champions Terttu Haring (Syneos Health), Kelly McKee (Evinova), and Beth Brooks (Sanofi) to discuss raising awareness of clinical trials, why clinical trials day matters, and how they embody this in their day-to-day work.

We are excited to celebrate Clinical Trials Day on Monday, May 20.

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2024-05-10 Hosts Amir Kalali and Jane Myles were joined by Dr. David Waterhouse (Oncology & Hematology Care) to discuss transforming clinical trials to enable cancer patients to participate closer to home.

The paper discussed during the session is available here.

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2024-05-03 Hosts Amir Kalali, Craig Lipset, and Jane Myles were joined by Moe Alsumidaie (The Clinical Trial Vanguard) for a robust discussion around digital health technologies and how they can be best utilizing in advancing clinical trials.

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2024-04-26 Our hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Otis Johnson (Trial Equity) and Jeffrey Zucker (Tekton Research) to share about how to expand clinical research opportunities to diverse populations. Trial Equity has a training curriculum to help companies achieve this goal of expanding access to patients that we explored during the conversation.

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2022-10-14 Host Craig Lipset was joined by a powerhouse of site leaders for a great conversation around what sites need to make DCTs a success. Casey Orvin (CenExel), Lori Wright (ERG), Irfan Khan (Circuit Clinical), Jimmy Bechtl (SCRS), and Paul Evans (Velocity Clinical Research) joined for the conversation.

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2024-04-12 Hosts Amir Kalali, MD and Jane Myles were joined by Stacey Adam, Vice President, Science Partnerships for the Foundation for National Institute of Health. She shared about her experiences with platform trials, DCT methods, and how they are working to drive innovation further for patients.

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2024-04-05 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by several members of the research community for a robust discussion about how to find evidence of impact, our efforts to make it available in the DTRA Library, and ways we can continue working to find this evidence to drive adoption of DCTs.

The DTRA Library can be accessed here and is available to all. We are asking for you to make submissions of additional case studies, white papers, articles, and more so we can continue to grow the library for all.

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2024-03-29 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Todd Georgieff (futurpositif - Digital Clinical Trials Consulting), Jennifer Clauson (Dyania Health) and Brandon Li (Power) for a discussion around the approaches to matching patients for clinical trials and different methods and ideas on how we can better the trial matching process today.

2024-07-26 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Sarah Dunsmore (NIH/NCATS), Paul Harris (Vanderbilt University), and Daniel Hanley (Johns Hopkins University) for a discussion around the use of decentralized elements and methods in the Trial Innovation Network.

Read more about the trials conducted that included decentralized elements in their paper here --> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465321/

Learn more about the Trial Innovation Network on their website --> https://trialinnovationnetwork.org/

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2024-03-22 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles dove into a conversation with Andrew Mackinnon (Medable) about their work with Duke on patient preference in an eConsent study.

Learn more about the Pilot Study here --> https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-023-01432-w

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2024-03-15 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Jonathan Ernst (PCM Trials) and Ghazala Kabani (Integrity ClinOps Consulting) for a discussion around the growing interest and excitement for decentralized clinical trials in Pakistan.

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2022-04-29 Hosts Amir Kalali and Craig Lipset were joined by Shawn Tedman (ixlayer) and Beth Culver (MRN) to discuss lab specimens and the logistics of obtaining them from patients when the trials are being run from home.

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2024-03-01 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Dr. Rohit Aggarwal to share his experience and expertise regarding the MINT study and the work he has accomplished thus far in the rare disease space.

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2024-02-23 Join hosts Jane Myles and Joe Dustin for a conversation with Noelle Gaskill (BMS) around site centric DCT approaches and how some key components could make a hybrid DCT successful in interventional oncology.

2024-02-16 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Vik Kheterpal (CareEvolution), Dr. Apruv Soni (Univers of Mass.), and Dr. Ed Ramos to discuss findings and data from digital studies/interventions that can really address inequities in healthcare and reaching underserved populations.

A great conversation was had about expanding the dialogue around the digital ecosystem for healthcare innovation.

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2024-02-09 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Stephen Sundquist (3CTN) and Bianka Courcelle (HSJ) to discuss the PI site perspective and experiences in implementing a trial cluster involving a satellite site in supporting patient access. The specific clinical trial case illustrates how the CRAFT hybrid DCT approach was applied to support collaboration between the pediatric cancer centre and an adult centre in supporting an AYA patient on trial.

A great conversation was had about how the CRAFT hybrid DCT Framework; why it was built, how it was constructed, and why it matters.

Site Supervision Template: https://3ctn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CRAFT-Site-Supervision-Plan_WM.pdf

CRAFT Framework: https://3ctn.ca/for-researchers/craft/

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2024-02-02 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Chunky Satija (Everest Group) for a discussion around mergers & acquisitions in the DCT space and what we may see on the horizon as the market evolves throughout the year.

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2024-01-26 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by the fabulous Stacy Hurt (Parexel) to discuss the importance of the Chief Patient Officer (CPO) role in the life sciences industry. A great conversation was had about how the CPO is uniquely positioned to improve patient access and experience.

A link to the CTTI paper on ROI & engagement that was discussed during the session is linked here.

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2024-01-19 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Derk Arts (Castor) for a riveting conversation about the future of AI in clinical trials and how we can utilize this technology to make trials more efficient.

Learn more about DTRA Circles, especially the AI Circle kicking off in January 2024.

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2024-07-19 Hosts Jane Myles and Angela Radcliffe were joined by Alicia C. Staley from Medidata Solutions for a fabulous conversation about her whitepaper on Medidata's Patient Centricity by Design (PCbD) process and the work they are doing to accommodate the perspectives and preferences of patients and caregivers.

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2024-01-12 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by guests Ritesh Patel and Gil Bashe (FINN Partners) and Sarah Schmachtenberg (Galen Growth) to discuss how AI can be used in clinical trials and care for patients.

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2024-01-05 Our hosts Amir Kalali, Craig Lipset, and Jane Myles were joined by Aditi Hazra with Harvard Medical School for a compelling discussion around implementing resilience framework in clinical trials.

Several references were discussed during the episode from the FDA and EMA.

1) FDA-2023-D-3550: “Considerations for the Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During Major Disruptions Due to Disasters and Public Health Emergencies”

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/21/2023-20474/considerations-for-the-conduct-of-clinical-trials-of-medical-products-during-major-disruptions-due

2) European Medicines Agency: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/impact-war-ukraine-methodological-aspects-ongoing-clinical-trials-scientific-guideline

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2022-04-08 What do we need to think about beyond individual technical needs in trials? How far does support need to extend to be meaningful and impactful, especially as we explore studies with less interaction with a traditional site using decentralized methods? Hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Animesh Pandeya (IQVIA), Jen Horonjeff (Savvy Cooperative), and Graham Wylie (MRN) for the conversation.

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2022-06-07 Join us to discuss diversity in decentralized trials as we demystify and debunk the optimism, hope, and perhaps the hype around this topic. Hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Noah Goodson (THREAD) Jayne Morgan (Piedmont) for the discussion.

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2023-12-15 Join us to hear about everything we accomplished as a community in 2023 - many great highlights and acheivements while looking forward to what is to come in 2024. This session was hosted by Craig Lipset, Jane Myles, and Amir Kalali.

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2023-12-08 Join us for a riveting conversation with Ahmad Namvargolian from Care Access around what GCP really is in clinical trials. Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles joined for the conversation.

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2023-12-01 DTRA Initiative Leaders Munther Baara (Edetek) and Moulik Shah (Advanced Clinical) to discuss Data Connectivity and Interoperability in DCTs and how it can be done with study teams now.

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2022-03-25 Join hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali alongside MaryAnne Rizk (Rizk Management Advisors) and Rohit Nambisan (Lokavant) to discuss how we maintain quality in trials and what is the role of data & analytics in this area.

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2022-06-24 Our hosts were joined by Julie Lin and Kim Hawkins (Sanofi), and Alexander Pastuszak (Contraline, previously Vault Health) to discuss whether or not the use of DCT methods has to be "all or nothing."

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2023-11-03 Join host Craig Lipset and special guest host Angela Radcliffe for a great session with Madeline Geday (Astellas) around the Business Case for DCTs.

• Hear how and why including the DCT model as part of protocol design supports organizations to find the right balance operationally and makes the patients’ lives easier
• Learn about the wide range of factors that need to be considered when determining the risk vs the benefit to a study
• Discuss how to determine what will work in your organization by using a decision-making process that finds the right methodologies and technologies which are dependent on the therapeutic and patient population

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2024-07-12 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles joined us for a discussion with Irina Grishina and Liz Quinlan (CSL Behring) about eConsent and challenges and successes with implementation.

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2023-10-27 Craig, Amir, and Jane were joined by Pamela Tenaerts, MD, MBA and Leanne Madre (Medable, Inc) as well as Barbara Bierer (Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center) to discuss the tools and resources created for IRB/EC considerations in DCT.

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2023-10-20 Join us to hear from Emily Mitchell and Madelaine MacKay from ICON and Meghan Dixon with Accellacare to discuss lessons learned and experiences with DCT adoption with PIs and study staff at a dedicated and embedded site network.

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2023-10-13 TGIF-DCT mashup with Real World Wednesdays! We were thrilled to welcome The hosts of Real World Wednesdays (https://lnkd.in/eMTGG25j) -- Matt Veatch and Aaron Kamauu MD MS MPH join us for a discussion on how Real World Data intersects with decentralized trials.

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2022-04-01 Join us to learn about what a Research Site today and how decentralized methods can be part of some or many parts of a trial. Hosts Craig and Amir were joined by Lori Wright and Andria Chastain (Evolution Research Group) and Samantha Eells (Lightship)

2023-09-15 Join us to hear from Jane Myles (Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) and Christine Von Raesfeld (People with Empathy) sharing more about the Data and the Keys to Patient Empowerment. They'll be discussing a future where patients are the decision makers about who has access to their data, and where trials are a part of their care options by design. Our Co-hosts were joined by DTRA Co-Founders Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali.

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For the 1 in 5 Americans living in rural or frontier communities, clinical trial participation poses significant challenges due to travel burden, reduced healthcare access, and lack of awareness of trial opportunities. Through a novel collaboration with rural-focused researchers, University of Washington is looking to tackle some of the toughest aspects of initiating decentralized trials in these remote regions to extend opportunity equity.

Hosts Craig Lipset, Jane Myles, and Amir Kalali were joined by Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, MS-CRM, RN (Montana State University-Bozeman), Christopher Goss (University of WA), and Margaret Rosenfeld (Seattle Children's) for the discussion.

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2023-09-22 Our host Jane Myles was joined by Ingrid Oakley-Girvan with Medable to share data from the field around the DCT Participant Experience and her perspectives as a physician in the field.

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2023-09-08 Join us to hear about all things DTRA Circles. These functional collaboration groups were built around areas of interest for our members, such as Diversity, Data Management, Patient Voice, and more. Sarah McKeown-Cannon and Deena Bernstein joined us for the conversation.

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2022-01-28 What comes from bringing together networks of investigators with established technology platforms in the space? Our hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Kelly McKee (Medidata) and Irfan Khan (Circuit Clinical) for the conversation.

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2022-05-13 Join us to hear from Ardy Arianpour (SEQSTER) and Marjorie Tan-Thronson (Salesforce) to hear about the use case, barriers, and challenges around whether or not patients can bring their EHR data into prospective trials and what it means for patients.

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2024-06-28 Hosts Dr. Amir Kalali and Jane Myles were joined by Pete Fronte (Altura Health), Ruma Bhagat (Genentech) and Dr. Jim Schultz (Neighborhood Health) to discuss a white paper and toolkit released about Building Clinical Trial & Research Access via Community Health Centers. We look forward to hearing more about their work to engage underrepresented populations to diversify research enrollment.

View the white paper/toolkit here --> https://alturastudies.com/research-ecosystems/#researchdiversitywhitepaper

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2023-04-15 Jennifer Price (THREAD) and Jeremy Wyatt (ActiGraph) joined our hosts Amir Kalali and Craig Lipset to discuss wearables and how they can be used in DCTs. Areas of focus were how to properly support the patient, interpreting the data, and the barriers in the adoption of wearables.

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2022-01-14 A whitepaper around research that helped quantify the ROI of Decentralized Trials inspired this conversation with Pamela Tenaerts and Andrew Mackinnon from Medable, alongside hosts Craig Lipset & Amir Kalali.

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2022-05-20 We discussed all things reimbursement for clinical trial participants. We covered not only financial compensation but also returning value to participants though sharing data & evidence and more. Our hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Adam Samson (Walgreens) Ellyn Getz (CSL Behring), and Wayne Baker (Elite Research Network).

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2023-07-27 As we approach the halfway mark through 2023, we took a chance to look back at some of our 2023 predictions and share what surprised us, what was cosnsitent, and what is to come for the rest of the years. Members of the DCT Community like Kelly McKee (Medidata), Sarah Canon-McKeown (Langland) came on-stage to share their thoughts with the audience, as well as perspectives from Craig, Amir, and Jane, our hosts.

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