I Want To Tell You In My Own Words: Patient-Reported Outcomes

Capturing the patient perspective through patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical research provides unique insights into how a therapy affects a patient that standard clinical measurements may not capture. Sponsors can include PROs in clinical trials as primary or secondary endpoints, and regulators, such as the FDA, as well as clinicians, sponsors, and patients increasingly recognize them as a valuable tool to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an investigational product (IP). Read on to learn why PROs are essential, how they can be captured electronically, and how they impact clinical trial participants.