Pharmaceutical and biotech clinical trials in the United States assume $1.1 billion in patient treatment costs that would normally be covered by commercial and public third party payers. These medical procedures are often a part of the treatment third party payers are required to provide their patients. Many pharmaceutical and biotech companies routinely include standard of care payment considerations in their clinical grant payment agreements with sites conducting oncology studies. However, this standard of care payment practice is usually not widely followed in other therapeutic areas, despite its broad acceptance in oncology. An analyses of US Phase I and III clinical studies, outside of oncology, shows that 22% of clinical trial procedures paid for by pharmaceutical companies would be covered by public and commercial third party payers as part of their standard of care treatment for these patients. Drawing upon data from GrantPlan®, the industry’s largest current database of clinical grants, and over 1 billion patient claims records, TTC and Trialytics determined that commercially funded Phase II-IVclinical trials are far more expensive than they need to be.
Reaching Diverse Patient Populations With Personalized Treatment Methods
January 20th 2025Daejin Abidoye, head of solid tumors, oncology development, AbbVie, discusses a number of topics around diversity in clinical research including industry’s greatest challenges in reaching diverse patient populations, personalized treatment methods, recruitment strategies, and more.
Optimizing Phase III Oncology Trial Recruitment with Data-Driven Insights
February 3rd 2025A pharmaceutical company aimed to launch a Phase III clinical trial for a new oncology drug, focusing on efficient and effective patient recruitment across diverse regions. They evaluated patient populations by analyzing demographics, social determinants of health, and geography. Investigator profiling included practice details, affiliations, referral networks, and clinical trial experience. The final step involved selecting and extracting target lists for implementation.