The clinical development team used the Within3 insights management platform to make it easy for patients and investigators to provide feedback on the proposed study design from any device, including a smartphone or tablet, whenever it was convenient for them.
First, an anonymous session was conducted to gather feedback about key aspects of the clinical trial. Patients answered 30 questions, including “Indicate the symptoms that you feel have not responded well to your treatment” and “How do you cope with, or manage, your symptoms? How well does this work for you?”
Following the patient session, the team convened 10 investigators for two 7-day sessions. Investigators answered 32 questions, including “What specific methods would you recommend for mitigating a possible placebo effect in this study?” and “Thinking about this patient population in your practice, what key factors would you need to see in the trial design to consider participating?”