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New life sciences industry research reveals significant momentum towards streamlining clinical systems and processes over the past year. More than 300 clinical operations professionals from around the globe were surveyed in an annual unified clinical operations survey to track the industry’s progress in improving clinical operations. Nearly all clinical leaders (99%) recognise the need to unify their clinical operating environments, and most (87%) have plans in place to get there.
Better Visibility and Faster Trial Execution
The widespread move to unify clinical environments is being driven by application and process silos that have resulted from the steady adoption of function-specific clinical technologies over the past decade. Stand-alone eClinical applications, including electronic data capture, electronic trial master files (eTMFs), randomisation and trial supply management, and clinical trial management systems (CTMSs) are now the norm. Newer, purpose-built applications, such as study start-up, are gaining traction (1).
Faced with a landscape of disparate systems and processes, over three quarters (77%) of those surveyed find better visibility across their clinical trial processes a top driver for unifying clinical applications. Other primary drivers include faster study execution (67%), improved study quality (62%), and increased productivity (51%).
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