ARTICLES BY JOHN ONCEA
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![Man facing complex problems-GettyImages-2224014902]( "Clinical Research Has System Sprawl Problem")
4/15/2026Disconnected systems are strangling clinical trials. Here’s what’s causing the sprawl, why it keeps getting worse, and what needs to change.
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![predictive medical analytics, digital AI interface, patient data, DNA insights-GettyImages-2262212753]( "How Clinical Trial Sites Must Adapt To The Predictive Analytics Era")
4/13/2026Clinical trial sites are now measured, ranked, and selected by predictive models. Learn how to perform and compete in this data-driven new era.
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![Business woman looking at laptop-GettyImages-503422576]( "Why Patients Drop Out And How To Stop Them")
4/8/2026From scheduling friction to silent financial stress, patient dropout derails trials. Here’s what’s causing it and the tech helping sites fight back.
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![medical analytics, digital AI interface, DNA insights, machine learning, healthcare-GettyImages-2262212754]( "Predictive Analytics Is Reshaping How Sponsors Run Clinical Trials")
4/6/2026Predictive analytics is transforming clinical trial operations, from enrollment forecasting to risk-based monitoring. Here’s what sponsors need to know.
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![clinical-trial-tech-2026-GettyImages-2149749988]( "AI In Clinical Trials: Real Impact, Real Limits, What's Next")
4/2/2026Claude’s ClinicalTrials.gov connector changes how sponsors access trial data, but does it change outcomes? A recruitment expert weighs in on impact and what’s still missing.
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![ai-clinical-trials-GettyImages-2254565212]( "AI And Clinical Trial Recruitment: Can It Fix The Funnel?")
3/26/2026Anthropic’s ClinicalTrials.gov connector gives Claude real-time access to trial data. But can conversational AI actually improve patient recruitment strategy?
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![Edge computing 873875560]( "Edge AI Is Reshaping How Clinical Trials Run")
3/12/2026Edge computing and AI are transforming clinical trials – enabling real time monitoring, decentralized research, and faster, more cost-effective drug development.
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![GettyImages-1208552262 elderly, patient, telehealth]( "Telehealth In Clinical Trials: What Sites And Patients Think")
3/4/2026Sites and patients have complicated views on telehealth in trials. Here’s what the evidence shows about who benefits, who bears the burden, and where the limits are.
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![clinical-sites-GettyImages-2057440780]( "Telehealth In Clinical Trials: What You Need To Know")
2/26/2026Telehealth is a tool, not a trial design. Learn how televisits, ePRO, and remote monitoring fit into traditional, hybrid, and decentralized clinical trials.
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![Polio Possitive-GettyImages-816394344]( "How Salk And Sabin Helped Create The Modern Clinical Trial")
2/17/2026How Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin pioneered double-blind methodology, HeLa cell assays, and IBM data processing – innovations that became the global standard for clinical trials.
John Oncea
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As the Chief Editor of Clinical Tech Leader, I help clinical research professionals overcome regulatory complexities, navigate patient recruitment and retention, manage unexpected adverse events and safety concerns, and make sense of data by sharing ways to leverage technology to conduct better, more efficient trials. My mission is to bridge the gap between available solutions and the people running studies in the field, from principal investigators to research coordinators to study nurses.