Scaling Innovative Clinical Trial Approaches: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities

Event

FDA Convening

Scaling Innovative Clinical Trial Approaches: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities

April 14, 2026 — 9:00AM–4:30PM

Hybrid - Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University

Contact Information

Margolis Events Team

margolisevents@duke.edu
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This hybrid workshop, co-convened by the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CDER Center for Clinical Trial Innovation (C3TI), will explore progress in clinical trial innovation to improve the efficiency of drug development. The meeting will highlight C3TI’s activities, including the C3TI Demonstration Program, and emerging priorities. Sessions will discuss lessons learned from recent efforts, the benefits of adopting innovative approaches in clinical trials, and persistent challenges. Participants will discuss strategies to bridge from policy to implementation to broader adoption of innovative approaches in the design and conduct of clinical trials.

If you need any accessibility accommodations to attend this event in-person, please reach out to Luke Durocher (luke.durocher@duke.edu) to coordinate.

 

This project is supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award U19FD006602 totaling $5,192,495 with 100 percent funded by FDA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by FDA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Duke-Margolis Planning Team

Brian Canter Headshot

Brian Canter, PhD

Assistant Policy Research Director

Nora Emmott

Nora Emmott, MPH

Policy Research Associate

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Molly Shields

Policy Research Assistant