The October 2023 DCRI Think Tank, Realigning Incentive Structures to Accelerate Evidence Generation, brought together stakeholders to reimagine the future of clinical research. Published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, the insights and recommendations from this event appear in the article Accelerating Evidence Generation: Addressing Critical Challenges and Charting a Path Forward.
The article examines key challenges in current drug development and clinical trials, including competing research priorities, inadequate patient population representation, and inefficient use of existing technology. The authors identify how these elements contribute to costly research practices and healthcare disparities while outlining strategies to make clinical trials faster, more inclusive, and more efficient across diverse communities and settings.