Carlos Almonacid , Borja G. Cosío , Xavier Muñoz Gall , Manuel Santiñà Vila , Jaime Signes-Costa , José Luis Velasco Garrido , Mercedes Luz , Marta Rodríguez , Alberto Godos , Ana Pérez Domínguez , Eunice Funenga , Carmen Moreno
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Optimising clinical trial management in Spain: The CARABELA-Clinical trials framework integrating healthcare models and subject experiences
Clinical trials (CT) are the framework upon which novel treatments' safety and efficacy are assessed. The CARABELA-CT initiative aims to optimise Spanish CT procedures by improving efficiency, quality, and subject well-being. To this, it characterised CT healthcare models, identified improvement areas, proposed solutions, and gathered important insights from CT subjects. CARABELA-CT took a three-phase approach. Phase I involved CT healthcare models’ characterisation, including all clinical investigation processes in Spain, across six pilot hospitals, identifying improvement areas and solutions. Phase II validated these findings, defining key healthcare quality indicators. Phase III focused on dissemination and implementation. Additionally, seven randomly invited CT subjects participated in a focus group to share their experiences regarding communication, coordination, and CT impact on quality of life. Three CT healthcare models were identified, distinguished according to access, infrastructure, and resources. Twelve improvement areas were defined, leading to 38 solutions addressing subject education, professional training, organisation, protocols, resources, and technology. Twenty-four healthcare quality indicators were established to monitor CT processes. Subject experiences highlighted the need for clearer communication, digitalised information, and improved subject support, and revealed the emotional and psychological benefits of CT participation, despite the challenges. CARABELA-CT provides a comprehensive framework to enhance Spanish CT processes. This initiative integrates potential solutions in improvement areas in CT development and the corresponding healthcare quality indicators, and prioritises subject experiences to foster efficiency, participant engagement, and a sustainable, patient-centric clinical research model. These findings contribute to the continuous improvement of CT management, ultimately optimising research execution and healthcare outcomes.
期刊介绍:
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is an international peer reviewed open access journal that publishes articles pertaining to all aspects of clinical trials, including, but not limited to, design, conduct, analysis, regulation and ethics. Manuscripts submitted should appeal to a readership drawn from a wide range of disciplines including medicine, life science, pharmaceutical science, biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, management science, behavioral science, and bioethics. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is unique in that it is outside the confines of disease specifications, and it strives to increase the transparency of medical research and reduce publication bias by publishing scientifically valid original research findings irrespective of their perceived importance, significance or impact. Both randomized and non-randomized trials are within the scope of the Journal. Some common topics include trial design rationale and methods, operational methodologies and challenges, and positive and negative trial results. In addition to original research, the Journal also welcomes other types of communications including, but are not limited to, methodology reviews, perspectives and discussions. Through timely dissemination of advances in clinical trials, the goal of Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is to serve as a platform to enhance the communication and collaboration within the global clinical trials community that ultimately advances this field of research for the benefit of patients.