{"id":29057,"date":"2022-07-22T08:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=29057"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:31:26","slug":"farmacias-en-ee-uu-aplican-herramientas-digitales-para-ensayos-clinicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/farmacias-en-ee-uu-aplican-herramientas-digitales-para-ensayos-clinicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacies in the US apply digital tools for clinical trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the United States, pharmacies have begun to take advantage of digital tools and software to conduct decentralized clinical trials of their drugs.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Decentralized trials, in addition to expanding access to clinical research, improve the ability to recruit more diverse patients and demographics.<\/p>

Earlier this year, US pharmaceutical company CVS Health announced that it would start using digital health company Medable's decentralized trial software. CVS Health has a care model called MinuteClinics, which are located inside its pharmacies or in self-service stores. MinuteClinics are operating in more than 30 states and offer retail clinical services, immunizations, physicals, sexual health, contraceptive services, and more. These small clinics are staffed by nurses and physician assistants.<\/p>

In this way, CVS MinuteClinics and Medable software have begun the processes to recruit patients to participate in clinical studies, and have also created strategies to not only improve access to participation, but also to retain patients who participate. .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The network of users of these clinics is widely diverse, which will allow trials to include ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Asians, Latinos, among others, who are usually underrepresented in clinical trials.<\/p>

The software used facilitates the participation of patients, since it allows them to register for studies without having to go to research sites. Medable's platform can analyze data from electronic health records, genomics studies, and even from wearables or other mobile devices that record variables related to physical health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tony Clapsis, general manager of CVS Health Clinical Trial Services, explained that more than 40% of the vulnerable population in the United States lives within five miles of a CVS pharmacy, so they will be able to involve these people in trials.<\/p>

On the other hand, Walgreens, another of the largest pharmacies in the United States, has invested heavily in conducting clinical trials. In this way, the users of its more than 9,000 stores and its myWalgreens mobile application are key to encouraging participation in clinical trials. Almost 80% of clinical trials in the United States fail to complete their participation goals in the established time.<\/p>

Walgreens can also take advantage of access to digital clinical data for patients who want to participate in a trial. In addition, in 2021, the pharmacy acquired shares and majority ownership of two companies, the first CareCentrix, a provider of home care, ideal for decentralized clinical trials, and VillageMD, a company specializing in primary care.<\/p>

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PHARMA PHORUM <\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/pharmaphorum.com\/news\/cvs-medable-alliance-aims-to-tackle-diversity-in-clinical-trials\/<\/a><\/p>

MEDTECH PULSE <\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/www.medtechpulse.com\/article\/insight\/walgreens-adds-clinical-trials-as-building-block-of-its-health-ecosystem<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

En Estados Unidos, farmacias han comenzado a aprovechar herramientas digitales y software para realizar ensayos cl\u00ednicos descentralizados de sus medicamentos. Los ensayos descentralizados, adem\u00e1s de ampliar el acceso a la investigaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica, mejora la capacidad de reclutamiento de pacientes y de espectros demogr\u00e1ficos con mayor diversidad. A inicios de a\u00f1o, la compa\u00f1\u00eda farmac\u00e9utica estadounidense CVS Health anunci\u00f3 que comenzar\u00eda a utilizar el software de ensayos descentralizados de la compa\u00f1\u00eda de salud digital Medable. CVS Health cuenta con un modelo de atenci\u00f3n denominado MinuteClinics, que se ubican dentro de sus farmacias o en tiendas de autoservicio. Las MinuteClinics se encuentran operando en m\u00e1s de 30 estados y ofrecen servicios cl\u00ednicos minoristas, vacunas, pruebas f\u00edsicas, salud sexual, servicios de anticoncepci\u00f3n, entre otros. Estas peque\u00f1as cl\u00ednicas con atendidas por personal de enfermer\u00eda y asistentes m\u00e9dicos. De esta forma, MinuteClinics de CVS y el software de Medable, han comenzado los procesos para reclutar pacientes para participar en estudios cl\u00ednicos, y adem\u00e1s han creado estrategias no solo para mejorar el acceso a la participaci\u00f3n, sino tambi\u00e9n para retener a los pacientes que participen. La red de usuarios de estas cl\u00ednicas es ampliamente diversa, lo que permitir\u00e1 que los ensayos incluyan minor\u00edas \u00e9tnicas como afroamericanos, asi\u00e1ticos, latinos, entre otros, que usualmente son subrepresentados en los ensayos cl\u00ednicos. El software utilizado, facilita la participaci\u00f3n de pacientes, ya que les permite registrarse en estudios sin tener que acudir a sitios de investigaci\u00f3n. La plataforma de Medable puede analizar datos de registros de salud electr\u00f3nicos, estudios de gen\u00f3mica e incluso de wearables u otros dispositivos m\u00f3viles que registren variables relacionadas con la salud f\u00edsica. Tony Clapsis, gerente general de CVS Health Clinical Trial Services, explic\u00f3 que m\u00e1s del 40% de la poblaci\u00f3n vulnerable en Estados Unidos vive a cinco millas de una farmacia CVS, por lo que podr\u00e1n involucrar a estas personas en los ensayos. Por otra parte, Walgreens, otra de las farmacias m\u00e1s grandes de Estados Unidos, ha realizado grandes inversiones para la ejecuci\u00f3n de ensayos cl\u00ednicos. De esta forma, los usuarios de sus m\u00e1s de 9 mil tiendas y de su aplicaci\u00f3n m\u00f3vil myWalgreens, son clave para fomentar la participaci\u00f3n en ensayos cl\u00ednicos.  Casi el 80% de los ensayos cl\u00ednicos en Estados Unidos no logran completar sus objetivos de participaci\u00f3n en el tiempo establecido. Asimismo, Walgreens puede aprovechar el acceso a los datos cl\u00ednicos digitales de los pacientes que deseen participar en un ensayo. Adem\u00e1s, en 2021, la farmacia adquiri\u00f3 acciones y participaci\u00f3n mayoritaria de dos compa\u00f1\u00edas, la primera CareCentrix, un proveedor de atenci\u00f3n domiciliaria, ideal para los ensayos cl\u00ednicos descentralizados y VillageMD, compa\u00f1\u00eda especializada en atenci\u00f3n primaria. De esta forma dos de las m\u00e1s grandes farmacias y con las mayores redes de usuarios en Estados Unidos, se encuentran promoviendo la participaci\u00f3n en ensayos cl\u00ednicos descentralizados. BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA PHARMA PHORUM https:\/\/pharmaphorum.com\/news\/cvs-medable-alliance-aims-to-tackle-diversity-in-clinical-trials\/ MEDTECH PULSE https:\/\/www.medtechpulse.com\/article\/insight\/walgreens-adds-clinical-trials-as-building-block-of-its-health-ecosystem<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,160,3394],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-29057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunidades-conectadas","category-noticias","category-redes-sociales","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}