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Medidata Becomes First Company to Offer End-to-End, Unified, Secure Platform for Decentralization of Clinical Trials (DCT)
SINGAPORE, June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

--The first company in the world to unify direct patient data capture 
technology with study oversight and monitoring, Medidata redefines end-to-end 
decentralization for sponsors and CROs 
--The unique Medidata Trial Dial(TM) concept provides the industry's highest 
level of customization for clinical trial decentralization - enabling fully 
decentralized or hybrid studies


Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, today announced the launch of the 
Medidata Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) Program( 
https://www.medidata.com/en/clinical-trial-solutions/virtual-clinical-trials), 
the most comprehensive set of unified, secure technologies that enable full 
decentralization across the clinical trial continuum. For the first time ever, 
drug, vaccine, and medical device developers (sponsors) and contract research 
organizations (CROs) can take advantage of the only platform offering on the 
market which combines: 

--Technology and workflows to virtualize patient participation 
--Tools that facilitate sponsor oversight of patient safety and data quality 
--Direct-to-patient services, including facilitation of delivery of study drugs 
to the home

The Medidata DCT Program captures participant data remotely from anywhere, at 
any time. It aggregates and transforms that data, monitors the data to identify 
quality issues to mitigate risk and ensure patient safety, and runs powerful 
analytics to draw new insights leading to better outcomes for patients, 
researchers, sites, sponsors, and CROs.

"The life science industry has seen accelerating interest and adoption of 
decentralized trial technology in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic," said 
Anthony Costello, president, patient cloud at Medidata. "Sponsors and CROs are 
increasingly turning to decentralized trial models in an effort to bring 
increased efficiency, security, and accessibility to the clinical research 
process."

Through a range of capabilities on a common platform that can be individually 
turned "on" or "off" in various combinations using the Trial Dial(TM)( 
https://www.medidata.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DCT-Program-Fact-sheet-June-21-1.pdf) 
concept, the Medidata DCT Program provides the highest level of customization 
of decentralizing solutions based on study protocol design. This allows study 
sponsors to adjust and choose everything from traditional onsite trials, to 
fully decentralized models, and every hybrid trial design in between.

The Medidata DCT Program revolutionizes the paradigm of sponsor study oversight 
by supporting sponsors and CROs to easily adopt risk-based approaches to study 
execution, rather than historically reactionary and inefficient on-site 
practices. Embedded capabilities for risk identification, monitoring, and 
mitigation allow for truly digital oversight, where physical and virtual 
interaction with sites can be optimized while maintaining patient safety and 
data quality. The Medidata DCT Program also allows for powerful workflows 
driven from patient-centric data, such as shipping investigational product 
directly to the patient and automated dosage adjustments.

"We are very proud to say that, as a trusted partner to the life science sector 
for more than 20 years, Medidata is now the only company providing a full suite 
of virtual capabilities to enable complete trial decentralization, encompassing 
both patient and site interactions," added Costello. "The DCT Program marks an 
important evolution in Medidata's vision for how we can better serve patients 
and customers, by accelerating research and bringing novel therapies to market 
in record time."

To date, Medidata has applied its decentralizing technologies across more than 
44,000 clinical sites around the world in multiple languages involving more 
than 600,000 patients with a wide array of illnesses. Nearly 350 sponsors and 
CROs have trusted Medidata to handle the increasing speed and volume of 
electronically sourced patient data generated by modern trials. The single 
platform minimizes the opportunity for data discrepancies and transfer lags, 
which can lead to security concerns and increased risk of trial disruption. 

According to Gartner, a leading research and advisory company, "Life science 
CIOs advancing healthcare and life science digital optimization and 
modernization should… establish a technology strategy by prioritizing digital 
trial solutions that combine wearables, mobile apps, IoT and advanced data 
analytics. This will enable a truly patient-centric and decentralized approach 
to clinical research."[1]

The COVID-19 crisis emphasized the pivotal role of technology in accelerating 
safe clinical trial development. In fact, Medidata technology helped to bring a 
COVID-19 vaccine( 
https://www.medidata.com/en/press-releases/medidata-supports-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-trials-with-rave-clinical-cloud-platform) 
through the full clinical trial life cycle in under a year. For this effort, 
the vaccine developer used a suite of Medidata technologies, including Rave EDC 
(electronic data capture); eCOA (electronic clinical outcomes assessment), and 
Detect (centralized statistical monitoring)—these tools allowed study teams to 
course-correct before trial quality and timing were affected by potential risks.

Regulatory agencies around the world have begun embracing remote technology 
solutions, especially remote monitoring, electronic informed consent 
(eConsent), telemedicine, and direct shipment of investigational products to 
patients. Specifically, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is 
expected to issue a draft guidance regarding decentralized clinical trials this 
year, with special emphasis on endpoint analysis, data quality and control, and 
the appropriate use of eConsent. As a pioneer in decentralizing the clinical 
trial process, Medidata is primed to support the industry in the adoption and 
best use of these innovative new technologies.

Medidata is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, which with its 
3DEXPERIENCE platform is positioned to lead the digital transformation of life 
sciences in the age of personalized medicine with the first end-to-end 
scientific and business platform, from research to commercialization.

[1]Gartner, Life Science CIOs: Map Your Pathway to Digital Trials, Jeff Smith, 
18 August, 2020.
 

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