Virtual Clinical Trials: Modernizing Comparative Studies

The NIAID Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology (OCICB) is pleased to host our annual 2016 Bioinformatics& Computational Biosciences Festival, Virtual Clinical Trials: Modernizing Comparative Studies. The clinical trials process is a key, but very costly, requirement for getting drugs and vaccines approved for use in the medical field. Virtual clinical trials (VCTs) replace one component of the trial with technology (i.e. digital patients, sites, investigators), and are a radical departure from the way traditional double-blinded placebo randomized controlled trials are conducted. While the traditional method is still considered the “ gold standard, ” proponents of the virtual method cite driving down the cost of drug development, improved patient engagement, and providing improved access as the benefits. Technology and online engagement is utilized to perform recruitment, patient counseling, remote monitoring, and data collection. The festival will explore how virtual clinical trials are revolutionizing the typical randomized controlled study model. Creative thinkers from from government agencies, academia, and the private sector will be sharing innovative ideas and perspectives with the research community at the NIH, as our scientists look at ways to develop an ideal environment for clinical research and patient care.For more information go tohttps://respond.niaid.nih.gov/conferences/bioinformatics2016Air date: 10/21/2016 9:00:00 AM
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