In Practice looks at how data management actually operates in clinical research — at sites, sponsors, and academic centers — and what research and experience can teach us about the systems that support it — grounded in cited sources, never in vendor marketing.
How investigator-initiated academic research and industry-sponsored commercial trials differ in practice — funding, regulatory posture, staffing, technology, monitoring, standards, and incentives — and where the two worlds are converging.
Published September 1, 2026
The organizing framework of this publication: every study runs a study lifecycle and a data lifecycle at the same time, and data management and technology are what connect them — from design and definition through archiving and preservation.
Published September 1, 2026
Future coverage will look at research settings including investigator-initiated studies, multi-site trials, registries and observational research, medical device studies, decentralized trials, and academic research centers — as we complete research worth publishing.