Centre of Excellence for Decentralised Clinical Trials

Trials@Home aims to reshape clinical trial design, conduct and operations, by developing and piloting standards, recommendations and tools for the definition and operationalisation of decentralised clinical trials (DCTs) in Europe.

Centre of Excellence Decentralised Clinical Trials

Trials@Home aims to reshape clinical trial design, conduct and operations, by developing and piloting standards, recommendations and tools for the definition and operationalisation of decentralised clinical trials (DCTs) in Europe.

About us

About DCT’s

About the ESP & PEP

Key objectives:

Defining the best practices for the conduct of DCTs.
Identifying technologies and other operational innovative approaches for DCTs and selecting the appropriate technology package to be used for RADIAL, the pan-EU pilot.
Designing and running a pan-EU pilot, comparing the scientific and operational quality of the DCT with traditional trial approaches and evaluating the feasibility of the DCT.
Identifying, mapping and analysing the relevant ethical, quality, regulatory, legal and organisational barriers and enablers of DCTs.
Consulting with stakeholders and promoting the outcomes from the Trials@Home consortium through targeted communication, dissemination and training activities.
Providing recommendations with supporting tools for implementing DCTs in Europe and contributing to the update of ICH guidelines on DCTs.

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News, Events & Publications

CLOSING EVENT Trials@Home, a home run?

CLOSING EVENT Trials@Home, a home run? Recommendations after leading the way on DCTs in Europe SCOPE To share learnings from Trials@Home and look to the future of [...]

Layman paper: Decentralised, patient-centric, site-less, virtual, and digital clinical trials? From confusion to consensus.

Decentralised, patient-centric, site-less, virtual, and digital clinical trials? From confusion to consensus. Utrecht, April 2025 Acknowledgement & Disclaimer This article is not an original, it has been translated by the [...]

Layman paper: The experiences of pharmaceutical companies, study doctors and delivery couriers with delivering trial medication directly to participants in Europe

The experiences of pharmaceutical companies, study doctors and delivery couriers with delivering trial medication directly to participants in Europe Utrecht, March 2025 Acknowledgement & Disclaimer This article is not [...]

Kim Hawkins, Project Co-Lead of the Trials@Home consortium was recently invited for a Vital Health Podcast, with @DuaneSchulthess where she outlines how we're applying new approaches to DCTs
-> https://t.co/bJg6XL2kAM #CTD2024 @sanofi @VitalTransform pic.twitter.com/Xpr7sjEwgR
— Trials@Home (@TrialsatHome) May 23, 2024

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