AI and clinical trials

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, combined with big data, hold the potential to solve many key clinical trial challenges.

Big Data and AI technologies are complimentary as AI can help to synthesize and analyse ever-expanding data.

AI-powered capabilities, including data integration and interpretation, pattern recognition and evolutionary modelling, are essential to gather, normalise, analyse and harness the growing masses of data that fuel modern therapy development. Indeed, AI and advanced analytics were viewed as the digital technology with the most potential to improve clinical R&D productivity in our Digital Disruption in Biopharma industry survey.

AI has many potential applications in clinical trials both near- and long-term. AI technologies make possible innovations that are fundamental for transforming clinical trials, such as seamlessly combining phase I and II of clinical trials, developing novel patient-centered endpoints, and collecting and analysing Real World Data.

Advancements in AI for site selection

Learn how ICON is using human-enabled AI to efficiently integrate, interrogate and interpret large datasets from diverse sources and gain valuable insights for site selection in both expected and unexpected ways.

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Artificial Intelligence at ICON

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a general term for software that mimics human cognition or perception. Rapid progress in AI is transforming many industries with considerable impact, including clinical trials. In this webinar learn how ICON is using AI to improve industry processes and help solve problems people didn’t once think possible. 

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Advancements in AI for optimal clinical trial site identification: Turning Big Data into actionable intel

Despite advancing technologies, clinical trials still struggle to meet patient enrolment goals. Discover how advancements in AI can help pharma and biotech identify the best sites for their clinical trials through the harnessing of Big Data. 

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The impact of artificial intelligence on outcomes based contracting

In the United States outcomes-based contracting (OBC) has long been proposed as a measure to reward innovation, based on actual performance of treatments and interventions in patient populations. However, the perceived and actual challenges in implementation have prevented many innovative contracts from leaving the drafting table.

Recently, the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict suitable outcomes for patients to mitigate potential challenges has been discussed. Read our whitepaper for insights on the latest trends and challenges.

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How AI and other digital technologies will transform R&D productivity enough to restore ROI

In our recent white paper 'Digital Disruption in Biopharma' almost 80% of survey respondents were using, or planning to use, AI technologies.

Two thirds of industry executives surveyed were bullish on the potential of AI to increase productivity by 26 percent or more. 22% of respondents were expecting a 51% to 99% improvement, whilst 5.5 percent were expecting an improvement of 100% or more.

 

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AI and clinical trials blogs and media contributions

The power of AI to transform clinical trials

The AI transformation of clinical trials starts with protocol development, reducing or replacing outcome assessments that may be more responsive to change than traditional methods and utilising remote connected technologies that reduce the need for patients to travel long distances for sites visits.

Data-driven protocols and strategies powered by advanced AI algorithms processing data collected from mobile sensors and apps, electronic medical and administrative records, and other sources have the potential to reduce trial costs. They achieve this by improving data quality, increasing patient compliance & retention, and identifying treatment efficacy more efficiently and reliably than ever before.

Panel: Digital R&D: AI - the reckoning?

Andrew Garrett, Executive Vice President Scientific Operations, ICON, joins Badhri Srinivasan, Head, Global Development Operations, Novartis and other panelists debating where will AI add value to pharma, and the complexities of implementation, the issues of data collection, quality and the need for scale. Moderator: Sarah Neville, Global Pharmaceuticals Editor, Financial Times. Recorded late November 2019 at the Financial Times Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology conference in London. 

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Leveraging voice-assistant technology in clinical trials

In addition to the rise in mobile and wearable solutions, AI powered digital voice assistants are becoming ubiquitous, with every smartphone today now shipping with either Siri or Google Assistant, while smart speakers like the Amazon Echo with Alexa and Google Home are becoming the hubs for smart homes.

Voice assistant technologies provide an opportunity to create a different level of engagement and interaction with patients in comparison to regular apps and web pages. ICON have developed a proof-of-concept application operating on the Amazon Echo platform that leverages a Voice Assistant to deliver a patient-reported outcome instrument and collect patient responses.