Virtual Clinical Trials: Reducing Barriers to Participation

  Otieno Karanja J.

Faculty of Medicine Kampala International University Uganda

ABSTRACT

Through technology, virtual clinical trials are redefining the field of clinical research by removing long-standing obstacles to participant enrolment and retention. By enabling remote participation through digital telemedicine, mobile applications, and electronic data collecting, these trials have the potential to increase the scope and diversity of clinical research. This study compares virtual clinical trials with traditional trials to analyse the advantages and difficulties of the former. Essential characteristics and possible benefits of virtual trials like lessened travel expenses and burdens as well as their drawbacks and methods for raising participant involvement are covered. Virtual trials aim to improve the accessibility and efficiency of clinical research by tackling these variables; nevertheless, they also encounter obstacles with participant involvement and technological uptake.

Keywords: Virtual Clinical Trials, Electronic Data Collection, Telemedicine, Participant Engagement.

CITE AS: Otieno Karanja J. (2024). Virtual Clinical Trials: Reducing Barriers to Participation. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES 4(2):11-14. https://doi.org/10.59298/RIJSES/2024/421114