In a cardiovascular study targeting post-COVID-19 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a biotech sponsor partnered with IQVIA to overcome complex operational and patient engagement challenges.
Patients required weekly IV infusions lasting over three hours, sustained over two years.
A multi-pronged, tech-enabled solution combining Remote Research Clinicians and Decentralized Clinical Trial (DCT) platform to transform the trial experience for both sites and patients.
Mobile Nursing Support: 24 trained nurses conducted 389 home visits, reducing patient travel by over 58,000 miles and saving nearly 1,300 hours in travel time.
Study Hub + eCOA Integration: Enabled seamless data capture, real-time compliance monitoring, and automated diary triggers based on patient status and visit schedules.
Logistics Optimization: Updated temperature monitoring protocols, pre-diluted drug shipments, and on-site infusion support addressed site pharmacy limitations.
Participant Engagement: Referral Hub accelerated enrollment by identifying and contacting eligible patients early.
Enrollment Efficiency: 55% of sites that opted in for one patient used Remote Research Clinicians for additional patients.
Compliance Gains: eDiary compliance reached 96.96% in the core study and 95.01% in the open-label extension—far exceeding the 80% benchmark for unsupported models.
Accelerated Timelines: The study went live 4 days ahead of schedule, with a 6% reduction in overall timeline.
Patient-Centric Impact: 22 patient lives improved across 6 sites through reduced burden and enhanced care delivery.
Clinicalresearch.com is a comprehensive, interactive online resource that enables potential trial participants to learn about clinical research and study opportunities. Members can search and pre-screen for actively recruiting clinical trials, become involved with relevant patient communities, and receive news updates related to their conditions of interest. The platform also supports patient voice collection relative to views and preferences on various aspects of study participation.
A valuable resource for patients, volunteers, care partners, and even HCPs who are interested in research endeavors, clinicalresearch.com offers tailored communication pathways for each individual journey. From learning to screening, the user-friendly, inviting site includes a number of features that encourage engagement with anyone interested in exploring research as a care option.
Clinical Research | IQVIA Clinical Trial Information
IQVIA’s digital & technology platform provides a comprehensive, patient-centric digital experience for clinical trials. It offers features such as text reminders, live chat, 24/7 support, and scheduling tools, ensuring efficient and personalized trial management. The platform enhances transparency and collaboration among sponsors, sites, and patients, offering integrated features to support the patient journey and meet regulatory requirements.
Additionally, the IQVIA platform simplifies the trial experience by integrating consent management, interactive response technology, and electronic clinical outcome assessment solutions, along with connected devices and a clinical data source platform. This orchestrated solution saves time and effort for patients, sites, and sponsors, enhancing the participant experience, reducing site burden, and improving data quality and insights.
With unprecedented patient data and insight, combined with machine learning, IQVIA Omni-channel Recruitment helps eliminate obstacles that add time, cost, and uncertainty to recruitment efforts.
IQVIA’s precise data modeling capability and study-specific engagement strategy makes it possible to find both site-based patients and directly identified participants outside of the site’s known population using hyper-targeted outreach campaigns.
Delivering individualized, insight-driven solutions that support sites and engage patients supported by IQVIA Remote Research Clinicians who provide personalized, stage-specific care to strengthen retention across the clinical trial journey.
Mobile Nurses provide protocol-required care in the home setting, creating a patient-centric experience that makes participants feel prioritized. Available globally, these professional nurses and phlebotomists engage patients to elevate the quality of the study and meet the trial's needs.
Patient Navigators focus on retention and addressing Lost to Follow up concerns for patients facing challenges in participating in a trial. Available virtually or in-person, these clinicians offer customized support for underrepresented communities and those with poor prognoses or comorbidities.
Registered Dieticians address patient retention challenges in obesity research by providing customized nutritional guidance and a wide range of resources to help participants see results, regardless of their randomized cohort. Available remotely or virtually, these specialists evaluate and motivate patients throughout their nutritional and weight-loss journey.