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How AI is being used to accelerate clinical trials

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming clinical research. From improving protocol design to identifying eligible patients and monitoring data in real time, AI is speeding up every stage of the clinical trial process. For sponsors, Contract Research Organizations (CROs), and research sites, it offers the opportunity to increase efficiencies, shorten timelines, reduce costs and helps

2025-12-01T10:25:33+00:00

Balancing AI and human connection in rare disease clinical trials

It is tempting to believe that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) can solve the pharmaceutical sector’s most persistent challenges when it comes to clinical trial patient recruitment and retention. After all, AI’s ability to analyse large datasets has the potential to identify eligible patients faster, and large language models (LLMs) and machine

2025-11-20T11:00:13+00:00

The Future of Clinical Trial Design: Embracing Decentralized Models

Clinical research is evolving rapidly, with decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) playing a leading role in shaping the future. By allowing patients to participate remotely, DCTs use digital tools and flexible designs to remove traditional barriers to participation. For sponsors, CROs, and research sites, these models offer opportunities to improve recruitment, increase retention, and capture more

2025-10-09T17:20:45+01:00

World Alzheimer’s Day

Innovative Trials are passionate about ensuring our diverse population is adequately represented within medical research. Whether it is wanting to see more people from underrepresented communities choosing science as a career and pushing for greater patient diversity in clinical trials or focusing on what we are doing internally to celebrate and promote equality and diversity,

2025-09-22T11:20:40+01:00

Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation

Clinical trials are essential to the development of safe and effective treatments, yet many potential participants feel uncertain about joining. Understanding and addressing the barriers to clinical trial participation is vital for building trust and ensuring that research reflects the needs of all patients. Common barriers to clinical trial participation Fear and uncertainty For many

2025-09-19T12:19:40+01:00

National Immunization Awareness Month

Innovative Trials are passionate about ensuring our diverse population is adequately represented within medical research. Whether it is wanting to see more people from underrepresented communities choosing science as a career and pushing for greater patient diversity in clinical trials or focusing on what we are doing internally to celebrate and promote equality and diversity,

2025-08-20T11:04:03+01:00

Five strategies we’ve learned in our 15 years to unlock clinical trial patient recruitment

Clinical trial patient recruitment and retention practices have significantly advanced over the last 15 years thanks to technological innovations and the rise of AI, shifting patient expectations and the increased, and much-needed, spotlight on diversity and inclusion. At the same time however, clinical trial patient recruitment remains as challenging as ever. At Innovative Trials,

2025-09-30T16:55:14+01:00

Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Innovative Trials are passionate about ensuring our diverse population is adequately represented within medical research. Whether it is wanting to see more people from underrepresented communities choosing science as a career and pushing for greater patient diversity in clinical trials or focusing on what we are doing internally to celebrate and promote equality and diversity,

2025-06-18T14:42:17+01:00

World Thyroid Day 2025

Innovative Trials are passionate about ensuring our diverse population is adequately represented within medical research. Whether it is wanting to see more people from underrepresented communities choosing science as a career and pushing for greater patient diversity in clinical trials or focusing on what we are doing internally to celebrate and promote equality and diversity,

2025-06-04T16:17:17+01:00
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