Skip to main content
2025 PharmSci 360 Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.

Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
Keynote

Keynote: Evolving Decentralized Clinical Research: Lessons from Five Years of Progress

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Location:225 AB

Preclinical & Translation Sciences

This talk features insights from the last five years of implementation of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), drawing from a global industry survey. Topics will include implementation trends, sponsor and participant engagement, regulatory challenges, and trial design considerations. We will explore emerging technologies and their real-world applications in clinical pharmacology. We will conclude with an interactive Q&A to address audience questions and reflect on how DCTs are reshaping clinical research across diverse populations and geographies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Interpret findings from a global industry survey to understand how decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) have been implemented across various phases of pharmaceutical development over the past five years.
  • Examine the influence of trial design variables - such as drug modality, disease state, and mode of administration - on participant engagement and the feasibility of DCT components.
  • Assess the regulatory and operational challenges associated with deploying DCTs across different geographic regions, and identify strategies to navigate region-specific requirements.
  • Explore the role of emerging digital technologies in enhancing the design, execution, and patient experience of decentralized trials, with a focus on real-world applications in clinical pharmacology.
  • Discuss how DCTs can improve inclusivity and data representativeness by enabling participation from historically underrepresented populations and reducing barriers to trial access.