A Dublin-based tech start-up today announced the launch of Wirano, a digital platform for the rapid organization of clinical trials. The platform aims to revolutionize the activities involved in clinical trials by accelerating start-up of trials, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving site and investigator selection processes.
"The enormous cost of clinical trials in terms of time, money and effort is well known. The average clinical trial process lasts between 7.5 and 12 years with costs ranging from $161M - $2.6B per drug. Yet in spite of this investment, the success rate of clinical trials is just 14%," said Noel Quinn, Commercial Director. "Wirano aims to improve this rate of success by optimizing the patient recruitment process, improving site selection procedures and creating reliable channels for effective communications between all participants."
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One of the major challenges is searching for and selecting patients for trials – which is why 50% of all planned trials do not achieve recruitment targets on time. In fact, up to 11% of all trials do not recruit a single patient. Additionally, organizers of clinical trials often find it difficult to select a research center with reliable data on previous experience and patient enrollment. The lack of a single database of centers from different countries and the absence of effective and reliable communication channels with research teams further aggravate the situation. Wirano is designed to allow all participants of clinical trials, including pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, and patients to effectively communicate throughout the process.