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Explore our insightful articles on the latest trends and challenges in clinical research. Advance your expertise in the field by delving into data collection advancements and staying informed on regulatory updates. These articles equip you to navigate the ever-changing landscape of clinical trials, from study design to successful execution.

Recent advances in clinical trials for autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and lupus affect millions worldwide. Ongoing clinical trials are making significant progress with new therapies and innovative devices. However, these advancements bring challenges in areas such as training, sourcing, and logistics – especially for global studies.

Essential equipment for immunology studies in clinical trials
In the rapidly advancing field of immunology, clinical trials play a pivotal role in exploring immune responses, testing vaccines, and developing innovative therapies like immunotherapy for diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. For these studies to yield reliable results, specialized equipment is essential.

Essential equipment for decentralized clinical trials
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) represent a transformative shift in clinical research, emphasizing accessibility and participant convenience through remote data collection. By harnessing cutting-edge technology, these trials minimize the need for physical visits to clinical sites, thereby accelerating timelines and enhancing participant engagement for more robust and applicable results. The success of decentralized trials hinges significantly on the availability and effectiveness of specialized equipment tailored for remote operations.

Challenges in shipping clinical trial equipment to LATAM
Shipping clinical trial equipment such as ECG machines, centrifuges, and infusion pumps to LATAM countries like Brazil and Argentina involves specific challenges related to regulatory compliance, documentation, and customs procedures. Here are detailed examples of the challenges faced for each type of equipment and strategies to mitigate them:

Navigating challenges in clinical trials: A day in the life of site personnel
The pandemic has been a huge challenge and had a severe impact on studies. CROs and sponsors try their best to make studies run on time and comply with all safety regulations. COVID-19 and its variants lower the amount of patients to be visited. That said, COVID tests and protection allow site personnel and study home nurses to be able to visit patients again.

Challenges of equipment sourcing for clinical trials in APAC
The pandemic has been a huge challenge and had a severe impact on studies. CROs and sponsors try their best to make studies run on time and comply with all safety regulations. COVID-19 and its variants lower the amount of patients to be visited. That said, COVID tests and protection allow site personnel and study home nurses to be able to visit patients again.

Sustainability in clinical trials
Clinical trials are essential for bringing new medicines and therapies to market, but they can also have a significant environmental impact. As patients, regulators, and investors increasingly demand sustainable practices, pharmaceutical companies are exploring ways to make clinical trials more sustainable. Learn how Clinichain believes this sustainability agenda can be met.

A sneak peek into the mind of a clinical study expert
Building quality relations is highly important for Clinichain. To do so, we need to come to collective and open-minded core values with our employees, but also with the partners and clients we help out with global clinical equipment rentals. Next, to provide clinical equipment service for global studies, it is highly important to stay on top of developments in the clinical trials field. And to do that, we’ve interviewed a global study director of a fast-growing biotech company.

Decentralized trials – device insights and challenges
Decentralized trials, also known as virtual clinical trials (VCT), are Patient-centric, remote, siteless, hybrid, or digital trials. These trials use technology, such as wearables and telemedicine (apps, electronically monitoring devices, etc.) and online social engagement platforms, to collect data from patients outside of a traditional clinical setting. With this article, Clinichain would like to inform you by sharing our experience and insights we have seen for the last years within devices and technology for these types of trials and the challenges that come with these needs.

New warehouse opens to service more decentralized studies worldwide
The high increase in COVID studies, decentralized trials, and the globalization of clinical trials have been the core drivers of our rapid growth. This expansion led to the opening of our new warehouse in the Netherlands. In this article we will walk you through the main drivers behind our recent success, and how we believe our market is structurally changing towards a new reality.

Smart medication technologies for clinical trials
In addition to Clinichain’s medical equipment and wearable technologies service for global clinical trials, we see the need for medication to also be measured during a clinical trial. Previously, clinical site personnel or home site nurses registered medication measurements on paper, nowadays connected measuring techniques are used to remotely measure whether people have taken their medication.

Accurate budget management for global clinical studies
It’s a common problem and an ongoing day-to-day challenge. What is? Managing accurate and effective budgeting for global clinical studies. With this article, we would like to leverage some tips and tricks we see our clients use to tackle positive or negative budget variances and how we as Clinichain facilitate any challenge that might occur along this journey.