International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2025: Rethinking Clinical Trials: Inclusivity in Practice
Madrid
Organised by ECRIN and SCReN
Launched in 2005 by ECRIN, in line with its mission to support multinational clinical research in Europe, ICTD brings together patients, health policy stakeholders, health authorities, clinical researchers, healthcare professionals and citizens from Europe and beyond to discuss issues related to multinational clinical studies. ICTD commemorates the start of the historic clinical trial, led by James Lind on sailors with scurvy, on 20 May 1747. Having laid the foundations for modern clinical research, ECRIN welcomes this initiative by addressing a new clinical research topic each year on or around this date.
The need for greater inclusion in clinical trials is clear in Europe, and there is an increasing obligation to move from debate to concrete implementation. By bringing together different stakeholders from the community, ICTD will shed light not only on why diversity, equity and inclusion should be embraced in clinical research, but will also provide concrete examples of what has been done so far and where obstacles still remain to be overcome.
More details of the event will be published soon.