Article ; Online: Tracing Digital Therapeutics Research Across Medical Specialties: Evidence from ClinicalTrails.gov.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
2024
Abstract: Digital therapeutics (DTx), evidence-based software interventions for preventing, managing, or treating medical disorders, have rapidly evolved with healthcare's shift toward online, patient-centric solutions. This study scrutinizes DTx clinical trials ... ...
Abstract | Digital therapeutics (DTx), evidence-based software interventions for preventing, managing, or treating medical disorders, have rapidly evolved with healthcare's shift toward online, patient-centric solutions. This study scrutinizes DTx clinical trials from 2005 to 2022, analyzing their growth, funding, underlying medical specialties, and other R&D characteristics, using ClinicalTrials.gov data. Our analysis includes trials categorized via the ICD-11 system, covering active, recruiting, or completed studies and considering trials listing multiple conditions. In analyzing 5,889 registered DTx trials, we document a more than five-fold increase in such trials since 2011, and a compound annual growth rate of 22.82% since 2005. While most trials were single-center, the median number of study subjects increased in recent years, driven by larger interventional trials. The key disciplines driving this growth were psychiatry, neurology, oncology, and endocrinology. Mental health dominated DTx trials in recent years, led by neurocognitive disorders, substance abuse disorders, and mood disorders. Industry funding varied across disciplines and was particularly high in visual system diseases and dermatology. DTx trials have surged since 2005, accelerated by recent growth in mental health trials. These trends mirror developments toward remote healthcare delivery, amplified by digital health investments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Growing numbers of participants in DTx trials point to increased demand for more robust trials. However, because most trials are single-center and country-specific, more international cooperation and harmonized evaluation standards will be essential for DTx trials to become more efficient and provide validation across countries, health systems, and groups of individuals. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-04-02 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 123793-7 |
ISSN | 1532-6535 ; 0009-9236 |
ISSN (online) | 1532-6535 |
ISSN | 0009-9236 |
DOI | 10.1002/cpt.3260 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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