Peer-Reviewed Publication
Digit Biomark2019;3(3):145-154.January 1, 2019Journal Article

Advancing the Use of Mobile Technologies in Clinical Trials: Recommendations from the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative.

Philip Coran1, Jennifer C Goldsack2,3, Cheryl A Grandinetti4, Jessie P Bakker5, Marisa Bolognese6, E Ray Dorsey7, Kaveeta Vasisht4, Adam Amdur8, Christopher Dell9, Jonathan Helfgott10, Matthew Kirchoff11, Christopher J Miller12, Ashish Narayan13, Dharmesh Patel14, Barry Peterson15, Ernesto Ramirez16, Drew Schiller17, Thomas Switzer18, Liz Wing19, Annemarie Forrest2, Aiden Doherty20,21
1Medidata Solutions, New York, New York, USA.
2Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
3Digital Medicine (DiMe) Society, New York, New York, USA.
4Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
5Philips, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
6The Life Raft Group, Wayne, New Jersey, USA.
7Center for Health and Technology and Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
8American Sleep Apnea Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
9Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
10Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
11National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
12AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
13Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
14Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
15Independent Consultant, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.
16Evidation Health, San Mateo, California, USA.
17Validic, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
18Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA.
19Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
20Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
21National Institute for Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Mobile technologies offer the potential to reduce the costs of conducting clinical trials by collecting high-quality information on health outcomes in real-world settings that are relevant to patients and clinicians. However, widespread use of mobile technologies in clinical trials has been impeded by their perceived challenges. To advance solutions to these challenges, the Clinical Trials Transfo…

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