Newsletter | September 11, 2025

09.11.25 -- Automation Is Not Just AI

SPONSOR

Smart Sourcing: IRT/RTSM Technology Showcase

Join us on September 24, 2025, for a free virtual expo tailored to clinical teams evaluating IRT/RTSM platforms. Get live 15-minute demos, real-time Q&A, and side-by-side comparisons from top vendors. Ideal for Clinical Ops, Trial Supply, Data Management, and Procurement professionals, this event helps accelerate vendor selection and streamline study planning.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Automation Is Not Just AI

Hassan Khalid of AstraZeneca and Jessica Jolly, a senior data and science executive, talk about the advantages of automation as a result of a Guidance like ICH M11, and why “automation” is not synonymous with AI in this case.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Why Now Is The Right Time To Adopt eConsent

As much as eConsent helps staff, participants are also likely to prefer it over traditional paper methods. Explore the benefits of eConsent and some strategic steps sites can take right now to adopt the process.

Four Pivotal Categories To Elevate Your Clinical Vendor Management

For sponsors ready to improve vendor management, technology platforms with the right framework can help you tighten budget controls, improve data integrity, or foster collaborative vendor relationships.

Evolving Data Review With AI

AI is transforming clinical data review by automating processes and enhancing efficiency through four stages of evolution – automation, regulatory alignment, data analysis, and human oversight.

Improving Site Efficiency With Automated Drug Resupply And Forecasting

Interactive Response Technology (IRT) can transform site operations by replacing error-prone manual processes with real-time, automated systems that relieve some of the burden on trial sites.

Evidence Of An Industry's Readiness To Collaborate

The effort to build a single home for sites to access their trial systems has demonstrated that the industry is ready to forego competitive discourse to deliver benefits to sites and patients.

Deriving Reliable Clinical Outcome Scores From Continuous DHT Data

DHT-derived endpoints, especially percentile-based metrics, hold promise for robust, scalable measurement in clinical trials—provided they're chosen statistically and with adherence in mind.

How To Improve Patient Outcomes Using eSource Software In Clinical Trials

As the demand for patient-centric clinical trials grows, eSource platforms will play an increasingly vital role in facilitating efficient, compliant, and innovative research methodologies.

Connecting The Right Patients To The Right Trial

Direct outreach to potential participants and communication with their healthcare providers is key to boosting trial awareness and participation, thereby achieving recruitment targets.

The New Standard In Participant-Centric Trials

Clinical technology must serve both scientific rigor and human experience—and Castor is positioning itself at the forefront of this participant-led future.

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

Revolutionize your approach to clinical trials at DPHARM: Disruptive Innovations to Modernize Clinical Research, taking place September 16–17, 2025, in Philadelphia. This conference showcases cutting-edge strategies and technologies designed to reduce patient and site burden, streamline operations, improve data quality, and accelerate access to therapies.