Virtual and Remotely Conducted Trials

Virtual and remote trials represent a critical shift in how interventional research is conducted, with participants engaging in clinical trials from where they live or work rather than making repeated visits to brick-and-mortar research sites. Leveraging the increasingly widespread use of smartphones, personal computers, and the internet—all accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic—decentralized trials relying on digital tools to engage participants remotely have proliferated rapidly. Institutio...