Virtual Clinical Trials

Traditional clinical trials can present challenges and risks around patient engagement and retention, and site costs. Virtual trials, also known as decentralized, remote or site-less clinical trials, offer an alternative, cost efficient and patient centric solution.

• Patient drop-outs due to site travel challenges
• Additional expenses associated with recruitment timeline extensions or new site activations
• Cost and time impacts around transfer of data from on-site documents to electronic databases

What are virtual clinical trials?

Modern technology now enables patients to participate in clinical trials from the comfort and convenience of their own home. These technologies include smartphones, apps, monitoring devices, delivery services, home healthcare support, and online recruitment, questionnaires and message boards.

A fully virtual trial: participants are no longer required to attend a trial site as every phase is remote. A hybrid trial includes a remote element and some face-to-face involvement at a trial site.

Benefits of virtual clinical trials

• Higher recruitment rate potential
• Geographically larger and more diversified recruitment reach
• Lower drop-out rates and higher participant compliance
• Cost saving potential as there are fewer sites to manage
• Ensuring clinical trial continuity despite social or environmental disruptions

Trust Greenline Clinical Research

Greenline Clinical Research is proud to be supporting accelerated clinical development with its virtual clinical trial solutions. Greenline Clinical Research is a member of the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA).

As a leading North America-region biotech-focused CRO, Greenline Clinical Research strives to continually evolve and adapt to the needs of our biotech sponsors and patients.