Dissemination Activities Related to Conducting Remote Trials

Project Overview

Remote trials (aka “virtual trials” or “decentralized trials”), in which patients are screened, receive treatment, and/or provide outcome data without the need to travel to a clinical trial site, have emerged as a promising approach to improve clinical research and clinical trial efficiency. This type of trial design is particularly well aligned with telehealth research as telehealth interventions are inherently delivered at a distance and thus must also be evaluated remotely. Evidence for and against remote trial methods (including efficiency, rigor, and cost-effectiveness), will continue to mount over time and there is clear need for dissemination activities to convey this emerging evidence as well as tools/resources to support the optimized conduct of remote and hybrid trials. Herein, our team will develop a resource to house evidence, as it emerges, for remote vs. in-person trial methods, as well as resources to support the deployment of remote trials. We also will disseminate this evidence base via a series of webinars, co-sponsored by the Telehealth COE.