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#431: Expanding Access and Engagement: Lessons from Decentralized Clinical Trial Solutions
Monday June 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
108A
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-528-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

Explore patient-focused decentralized trials and direct-to-patient shipments, highlighting their impact on recruitment, retention, and trial performance—and how sites adapt operations to deliver these solutions effectively.

Learning Objectives

Evaluate how DCT solutions and direct-to-patient shipments enhance patient access, recruitment, and retention; Identify best practices for sites to operationalize DCT workflows while ensuring quality and compliance.

Chair

Joan Chambers

Speaker

Expanding Access and Engagement: Lessons from Decentralized Clinical Trial Solutions
Kevin Hudziak, MS

Expanding Access and Engagement: Lessons from Decentralized Clinical Trial Solutions
Becky Suzanne Kottschade, MA, PMP

Expanding Access and Engagement: Lessons from Decentralized Clinical Trial Solutions
Joan Chambers

Expanding Access and Engagement: Lessons from Decentralized Clinical Trial Solutions
Jane Myles


Speakers
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Joan Chambers

Independent Senior Consultant, Tufts Center For the Study of Drug Development, United States
With 30+ years in the health and life sciences industry, Joan has led senior initiatives across multiple organizations, specializing in team leadership, strategic planning, integrated marketing, communications, and educational programs for B2B and B2C audiences. She is a Senior Independent... Read More →
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Kevin Hudziak

Senior Director - Patient Engagement, Clinical Trial Retention, Eli Lilly and Company, United States
Kevin is Senior Director of Clinical Trial Retention on the Patient Engagement team at Lilly. He has extensive experience gathering patient and site feedback, delivering innovation, and impacting DCT capability development and implementation at Lilly. Kevin has a passion for improving... Read More →
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Becky Kottschade

Administrator, Clinical Research, Mayo Clinic, United States
Becky Kottschade is an experienced clinical research administrator. Driven by her commitment to developing innovative options for patients she takes pride in providing the best practices for implementing decentralized capabilities possible. As a research administrator her goals are... Read More →
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Jane Myles

VP, Programs and Initiatives, Digital Trials and Research Alliance, United States
Jane has worked in clinical drug development for almost 30 years, starting her career at the bench at Eli Lilly. Over the course of her career she led clinical trials, registrational filing teams, molecular asset decision teams, and eventually led a global function focussed on driving... Read More →
Monday June 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
108A The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  02: ClinicalTrialOps-Innovation, Forum |   09: RD-Quality-Compliance, Forum

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