BioPharma Dive May 3, 2021
Some of the most time- and cost-consuming components of clinical research center on gathering, analyzing, and reporting data. To improve efficiency, many clinical trial sponsors have shifted to electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA), including electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) tools.
In most cases, patients enter data using apps installed on provisioned devices. At a time when 81% of Americans own a smartphone, why not use the device they rely on every day?
Using patients’ mobile devices, as either a stand-alone solution to collect participant data or as part of a hybrid option that also incorporates provisioned devices, enhances patient centricity. That’s the theory behind the bring your own device (BYOD) strategy — a viable option for many clinical trials and a...