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by Ana D\u00edaz-Roncero, January 12, 2022<\/p>\n
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The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the need to accelerate the management of documentation in clinical studies<\/b>, and to encourage the implementation of remote documentation.<\/span><\/p>\n This distance management of clinical studies is not only limited to the documentation but, thanks to technology, expands beyond that. In fact, in our article<\/span>\u00a0“What is a Decentralized Clinical Trial and what advantages does it offer?”<\/a> we have already talked about the consolidation of decentralized clinical studies.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This has resulted in a new way of collecting the <\/span>Clinical Outcome Assessments (COA)<\/b>. The<\/span> FDA<\/a> defines the COA as <\/span>\u201ca measure that describes or reflects how a patient feels, functions, or survives\u201d.<\/b>\u00a0It involves data collected in the context of a clinical study that <\/span>can<\/b> be reported by doctors, observers, or patients<\/b>. For that reason, we can divide the COAs into four groups:<\/span><\/p>\n When these data are gathered in a digital form, they are called an eCOA (Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment).<\/b><\/p>\n The use of the eCOA in the management of clinical studies offers obvious advantages<\/b>, which could include:\u00a0<\/span>eliminating costs<\/b> related to paper registries; <\/span>structuring the data<\/b> to facilitate the extraction of results; <\/span>optimizing resources<\/b>; offering patients and physicians<\/span> flexibility<\/b> when providing the information;<\/span> increasing the inclination of the patients<\/b> to participate; <\/span>providing information in real-time<\/b> about the results of the study; obtaining data<\/span> reported by the patients<\/b> themselves, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Ultimately, the use of eCOAs is another step in the implementation of clinical studies; it enables not only <\/span>improvement of the management process<\/b>, but also the <\/span>collection of results<\/b>, providing more complete data about the disease and enabling the progression toward more patient-centered medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n For all these reasons, at<\/span> Persei vivarium<\/span><\/a> we facilitate this work by providing our technology for the implementation and management of clinical studies in a way that is <\/span>secure, structured, and centralized<\/b>, thus<\/span> enabling the collection of data by not only researchers and healthcare professionals, but also by the patients.<\/b><\/p>\n The management of clinical studies is progressing, thanks to technology, and will continue to do so, enabling the collection of data provided by the patients themselves and the efficient reporting of clinical results. This will assure continuous improvement of the management of diseases and, therefore, will also continue impacting the patients\u2019 quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n #eCOA\u00a0<\/span><\/a>#ClinicalOutcomeAssessment\u00a0<\/span><\/a>#DigitalHealth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”20px|0px|0px|0px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”3.19.8″ link_option_url_new_window=”on”][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_team_member name=”Ana D\u00edaz-Roncero” position=”Business Development” image_url=”https:\/\/perseivivarium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ana-Diaz-Roncero.jpg” _builder_version=”4.8.1″ link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ana-diaz-roncero-gonzalez\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Persei vivarium<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the need to accelerate the management of documentation in clinical studies, and to encourage the implementation of remote documentation.\n
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