Realising the full potential of data-enabled trials in the UK: a call for action.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Clinical trials are the gold standard for testing interventions. COVID-19 has further raised their public profile and emphasised the need to deliver better, faster, more efficient trials for patient benefit. Considerable overlap exists between data required for trials and data already collected routinely in electronic healthcare records (EHRs). Opportunities exist to use these in innovative ways to decrease duplication of effort and speed trial recruitment, conduct and follow-up.

Approach

The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Health Data Research UK and Clinical Practice Research Datalink co-organised a national workshop to accelerate the agenda for 'data-enabled clinical trials'. Showcasing successful examples and imagining future possibilities, the pl

SUBMITTER: Sydes MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211043 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature