A top pharma company partnered with Science 37 to conduct the first-ever interventional decentralized clinical trial (DCT) for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). The trial design included direct-to-patient shipments, in-home mobile nursing visits, artificial intelligence (AI) image capture, and remote clinician-administered rater assessments.
The study aimed to demonstrate the operational feasibility of conducting a double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy study for a drug administered as an adjunctive treatment to standard-of-care antidepressants in patients with MDD and inadequate response to first-line antidepressants using a fully DCT model.
As stated by the sponsor, “The complex logistics of conducting this first interventional decentralized clinical trial in patients with major depressive disorder were successfully executed.”
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Authors
Medical Director, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Science 37