Decentralized: The Decentralized Trials & Research Podcast

2024-04-26 Our hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Otis Johnson (Trial Equity) and Jeffrey Zucker (Tekton Research) to share about how to expand clinical research opportunities to diverse populations. Trial Equity has a training curriculum to help companies achieve this goal of expanding access to patients that we explored during the conversation. Follow the Decentralize...

2024-05-03 Hosts Amir Kalali, Craig Lipset, and Jane Myles were joined by Moe Alsumidaie (The Clinical Trial Vanguard) for a robust discussion around digital health technologies and how they can be best utilizing in advancing clinical trials. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and X . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2022-10-14 Host Craig Lipset was joined by a powerhouse of site leaders for a great conversation around what sites need to make DCTs a success. Casey Orvin (CenExel), Lori Wright (ERG), Irfan Khan (Circuit Clinical), Jimmy Bechtl (SCRS), and Paul Evans (Velocity Clinical Research) joined for the conversation. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter. L...

2024-04-12 Hosts Amir Kalali, MD and Jane Myles were joined by Stacey Adam, Vice President, Science Partnerships for the Foundation for National Institute of Health. She shared about her experiences with platform trials, DCT methods, and how they are working to drive innovation further for patients. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more...

2024-04-05 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by several members of the research community for a robust discussion about how to find evidence of impact, our efforts to make it available in the DTRA Library, and ways we can continue working to find this evidence to drive adoption of DCTs. The DTRA Library can be accessed here and is available to all. We are asking for you t...

2024-03-29 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Todd Georgieff ( futurpositif - Digital Clinical Trials Consulting ), Jennifer Clauson ( Dyania Health ) and Brandon Li ( Power ) for a discussion around the approaches to matching patients for clinical trials and different methods and ideas on how we can better the trial matching process today.

2024-03-22 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles dove into a conversation with Andrew Mackinnon (Medable) about their work with Duke on patient preference in an eConsent study. Learn more about the Pilot Study here --> https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-023-01432-w Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn m...

2024-03-15 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Jonathan Ernst (PCM Trials) and Ghazala Kabani (Integrity ClinOps Consulting) for a discussion around the growing interest and excitement for decentralized clinical trials in Pakistan. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2022-04-29 Hosts Amir Kalali and Craig Lipset were joined by Shawn Tedman (ixlayer) and Beth Culver (MRN) to discuss lab specimens and the logistics of obtaining them from patients when the trials are being run from home. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2024-03-01 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by Dr. Rohit Aggarwal to share his experience and expertise regarding the MINT study and the work he has accomplished thus far in the rare disease space. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2024-02-23 Join hosts Jane Myles and Joe Dustin for a conversation with Noelle Gaskill (BMS) around site centric DCT approaches and how some key components could make a hybrid DCT successful in interventional oncology.

2024-02-16 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Vik Kheterpal (CareEvolution), Dr. Apruv Soni (Univers of Mass.), and Dr. Ed Ramos to discuss findings and data from digital studies/interventions that can really address inequities in healthcare and reaching underserved populations. A great conversation was had about expanding the dialogue around the digital ecosystem for healthcare inno...

2024-02-09 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Stephen Sundquist (3CTN) and Bianka Courcelle (HSJ) to discuss the PI site perspective and experiences in implementing a trial cluster involving a satellite site in supporting patient access. The specific clinical trial case illustrates how the CRAFT hybrid DCT approach was applied to support collaboration between the pediatric cance...

2024-02-02 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Chunky Satija (Everest Group) for a discussion around mergers & acquisitions in the DCT space and what we may see on the horizon as the market evolves throughout the year. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2024-01-26 Hosts Craig Lipset, Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles were joined by the fabulous Stacy Hurt (Parexel) to discuss the importance of the Chief Patient Officer (CPO) role in the life sciences industry. A great conversation was had about how the CPO is uniquely positioned to improve patient access and experience. A link to the CTTI paper on ROI & engagement that was discussed during the sess...

2024-01-19 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Derk Arts (Castor) for a riveting conversation about the future of AI in clinical trials and how we can utilize this technology to make trials more efficient. Learn more about DTRA Circles , especially the AI Circle kicking off in January 2024. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn...

2024-01-12 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by guests Ritesh Patel and Gil Bashe (FINN Partners) and Sarah Schmachtenberg (Galen Growth) to discuss how AI can be used in clinical trials and care for patients. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2024-01-05 Our hosts Amir Kalali, Craig Lipset, and Jane Myles were joined by Aditi Hazra with Harvard Medical School for a compelling discussion around implementing resilience framework in clinical trials. Several references were discussed during the episode from the FDA and EMA. 1) FDA-2023-D-3550: “Considerations for the Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During Major Disruptio...

2022-04-08 What do we need to think about beyond individual technical needs in trials? How far does support need to extend to be meaningful and impactful, especially as we explore studies with less interaction with a traditional site using decentralized methods? Hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Animesh Pandeya (IQVIA), Jen Horonjeff (Savvy Cooperative), and Graham Wylie (MRN) for...

2022-06-07 Join us to discuss diversity in decentralized trials as we demystify and debunk the optimism, hope, and perhaps the hype around this topic. Hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Noah Goodson (THREAD) Jayne Morgan (Piedmont) for the discussion. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at...

2023-12-15 Join us to hear about everything we accomplished as a community in 2023 - many great highlights and acheivements while looking forward to what is to come in 2024. This session was hosted by Craig Lipset, Jane Myles, and Amir Kalali. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2023-12-08 Join us for a riveting conversation with Ahmad Namvargolian from Care Access around what GCP really is in clinical trials. Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles joined for the conversation. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2023-12-01 DTRA Initiative Leaders Munther Baara (Edetek) and Moulik Shah (Advanced Clinical) to discuss Data Connectivity and Interoperability in DCTs and how it can be done with study teams now. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2022-03-25 Join hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali alongside MaryAnne Rizk (Rizk Management Advisors) and Rohit Nambisan (Lokavant) to discuss how we maintain quality in trials and what is the role of data & analytics in this area. Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .

2022-06-24 Our hosts were joined by Julie Lin and Kim Hawkins (Sanofi), and Alexander Pastuszak (Contraline, previously Vault Health) to discuss whether or not the use of DCT methods has to be "all or nothing." Follow the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) on LinkedIn and Twitter . Learn more about Membership and our work at www.dtra.org .