2025-09-12 Our hosts Dr. Amir Kalali and Jane Myles were joined by Cinja Nadana Koller and Marc Blanchard, affilated with CHUV | Lausanne university hospital to discuss their joint paper on an assessment of digital therapeutics in DCTs. In this episode, we dove into the intersection of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) and digital health technologies (DHTs), with a spotlight on rheumatology and beyond. Our guests explored the challenges of patient engagement, onboarding, and adherence, and shared lessons learned from real-world implementations of digital tools in trials. We also discussed innovations in patient monitoring for inflammatory arthritis, Switzerland’s approach to scaling digital health, and opportunities for collaboration across healthcare systems.

Link to Paper -- https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000905

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2025-08-22 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles hosted a conversation with Alpa Kushillani, VP of Customer Success & Delivery with Gooseberry Research and a rare disease advocate. Alpa shares her family’s journey with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and how those experiences inspired her to create new solutions for patient-centered research.

We explore the realities of clinical trial participation for rare disease families—from challenges in home healthcare and nurse training to the promise of digital health tools and decentralized approaches. Alpa highlights how Gooseberry Research is working to improve trial accessibility through specialized nurse training, stronger site communication, and partnerships with technology providers.

The episode also touches on trial design hurdles, the need for meaningful endpoints, and the future of decentralized clinical trials.

Episode Resources:

DCT Market Trend

Research About a Novel, Home-Based Assessment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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2025-08-01 Hosts Dr. Amir Kalali and Jane Myles discussied DTRA's Bring Your Own Technology initiative with leaders Brandon Maggio (GSK) and Joe Dustin (Dauntless eClinical Strategies).

Sites are managing 20+ systems per trial, leading to fatigue and friction. DTRA’s BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) initiative aims to empower sites to use their own validated tools like eConsent and eSource. Hear how this approach streamlines workflows, improves data quality, and puts sites and patients first.

BYOT Playbook -- https://www.dtra.org/bring-your-own-technology

2025-07-18 Hosts Craig Lipset, Jane Myles, and Dr. Amir Kalali were joined by Shelly Barnes (UCB), Brittany Niland (Eli Lilly and Company) and Erica Coles Jacobsen (Konovo) for a discussion around healthcare providers (HCPs) and their involvement in clinical research. DTRA has partnered with Eli Lilly and Company and Konovo to better understand the sentiment of these HCPs around participating in clinical research. Using HCPs in trials can provide greater access for all patients, as well as continuing to build trust in research with providers.

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2025-06-27 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles shared about all things DIA Global Annual Meeting 2025. They shared more about key discussions and themes seen on the stage and in sessions and shared insights from attending the event this year. Additionally, Jane Myles shared more about her panel discussion on HCPs participating in research.

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2025-06-16 Hosts Craig Lipset, Dr. Amir Kalali, and Jane Myles held a conversation with Jim Kremidas (Association of MultiSite Research Corporations) to share more about his personal journey as a clinical trials patient, his career in clinical research, and his work now with AMRC around innovation for sites.

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2025-05-16 In honor of Clinical Trials Day (May 20), we look forward to featuring individuals who’ve not only worked behind the scenes in clinical research but have also stepped into the role of participant. Join us to hear how their personal experiences reshaped their professional perspectives, deepened their empathy, and changed how they think about the future of trials through their learned experiences. Our hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Alicia Staley, Craig Serra, and Terttu Haring to share their experiences.

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2022-06-10 Hosts Craig Lipset and Amir Kalali were joined by Francesca Rinaldo (prev. Sharecare, now SCAN) and Emily Lewis (UCB) around opportunities to impact myasthenia gravis patients and researchers with better digital measurements on a smartphone.

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2025-04-25 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by Greg Dombal and Laura DiAngelo (Agency IQ) to discuss the rapidly changing regulatory environment in the US, particularly in the clinical research sector, and its implications for those operating in this highly regulated space. The participants discussed the impact of recent changes such as reductions in force and reorganizations on the industry, and the evolving policies at the FDA, including the concept of an intermediate clinical endpoint and the interpretation and mapping of these concepts. The team also discussed the potential changes in the FDA's organizational structure, its impact on the agency's role in international collaborations, and the need for a balance between safety and efficacy in drug development.

Resources:

• Subscribe to AgencyIQs FDA Today Newsletter here
• Megyn Kelly Show with Dr. Martin Makary, new FDA Commissioner

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2025-04-11 Hosts Craig Lipset and Jane Myles were joined by our partners TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. and ACRO for a discussion on their tools & solutions that were developed to better understand the ICH E6 R3. We welcomed Christine Goffe (UCB), Paul Slagle (IQVIA), and Hasnaa Likaoui (BMS) to share about the data lifecycle framework tool and the trial design considerations tool that they have worked on to help better support trial planning and design.

The tools can be found online at the following websites:

Transcelerate ICH E6 Asset Library -- https://www.transceleratebiopharmainc.com/assets/ich-e6-asset-library/

Transcelerate ICH E6 R3 Tools & Resources Webinar -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-6vM6hOLcU&feature=youtu.be

ACRO Interpreting ICH E6 R3 -- https://www.acrohealth.org/initiatives-hub/interpreting-ich-e6r3/

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