The New Normal: Virtual Clinical Trials

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Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company

12 min read · Apr 15, 2026

The New Normal: Virtual Clinical Trials

Adopting a Decentralized Trial Strategy: Your Questions Answered Virtual clinical trials, also known as hybrid trials, decentralized trials, remote trials, and direct-to-patient trials, are a relatively new method of conducting clinical trials where parts or all of the trial happen outside of a traditional trial site. These solutions lower the burden placed on trial subjects to learn new technologies, limit the number of devices to carry with multiple logins, and facilitate access to remote data capturing tools. This paper answers the following relating to decentralized trial models:

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