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Assessing the adoption and impact of decentralized clinical trial approaches in Africa: a multi-country survey

2026-03-09

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are increasingly promoted as a digital and remote health research strategy to improve trial recruitment, retention, diversity, and overall efficiency. However, evidence on their adoption and feasibility in African settings remains limited. We aimed to assess the adoption and impact of DCT approaches in Africa. <bold>Method...

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Literature Corpus work: 5ffac75c-ebaa-501c-ac1e-a5a4689eb6f1
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8712096/v1

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