08:50 - 15:45 EST | 14:50 - 21:45 CEST
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Diving into Data, Technology & Unpacking Hybridization
8:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Building in Technological & Data Considerations to Ensure Optimal Trial Design
9:00 am New Trends in Remote Digital Monitoring Technology for Decentralized Trials in Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases
Synopsis
• Considering processes for selecting remote monitoring technology and mobile health apps for your DCT
• Exploring pros and cons for active vs passive monitoring.
• Exploring the validation of digital endpoints using real-time AI-driven analytics
9:25 am Exploring the IMI Trials@Home Initiative
Synopsis
• Covid-19 – a catalyst for change
• Innovation – the land of unicorns and rainbows
• Designing a DCT to compare traditional, hybrid and remote scenarios
• Sharktopus vs whalewolf – Redefining operational and technology approaches to DCTs
9:50 am Morning Q&A & Panel Forum
10:00 am Panel: Common Mistakes & Operationalize Recommendations When Deploying Technology Solutions in DCTs
Synopsis
• Detailing methods to decentralize clinical trials with flexibility: enabling eConsent, remote screening, and TeleVisit anywhere
• Finding the right balance between clinical validation, data quality, protocol adherence, and patient burden
• Operationalize mistakes in implementing home-based monitoring technology in DCTs
• Providing patients with intelligent real-time alerts using home-based connected devices and AI-driven analytics
• Describing pharma strategy and readiness for scaling up and powering the future of DCTs
10:45 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Speed Networking
Synopsis
Network with other attendees in our quick-fire networking session. Grab a hot drink and let the computer match you randomly with a range of attendees in 1-1 formats. Make sure to click “connect” to swap virtual business cards
11:30 am Using Vendors: What to Ask Them and What to Look For?
Synopsis
• Considering how to determine a studies primary, secondary and exploratory endpoints
• Providing methodologies for the selection, communication, and delivery with service providers
• Leveraging DiMe’s playbook for replicating strategies and operationalizing them
12:00 pm Lunch
Halfway There: Detailing the Importance and Value in Hybridization & Decentralizing Aspects of a Trial
1:30 pm DCTs as Agile Clinical Experiments to Develop Novel Methods
Synopsis
• Understanding how to reduce the risk and optimize trial design using a DCTs
• Considering technological tools to enhance data quality and quantity
• Providing examples of previous outcomes data, iterations and amendments
1:55 pm Collaboration to Accelerate the Global Adoption of Decentralized Trials
Synopsis
• Highlighting the challenges in DCT scale that may best be addressed through collaboration
• Reviewing the goals and progress of the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance to support global adoption
• Describing a future-state enabled through collaboration
2:20 pm Lessons from Observational, Remote Research Studies in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Synopsis
• Recounting practical DCT experience with two current remote research studies
• Unpacking the lessons learnt from video-based visits and technology incorporation
• Analysing strategies for recruitment and retention of 500 participants through a decentralized format
2:45 pm Afternoon Q&A & Panel Forum
3:00 pm Panel: Too Hybrid, or Not to Hybridize?
Synopsis
• Discussing the various aspects of trials which can be decentralized
• Sharing past experience and thoughts for varying sized trial sponsors