CASE STUDY

Simplifying clinical trials with no-code speed and lower costs

KEY Services

Product development

Scaling

Medical software engineering

Governance & Compliance

The challenge

Eliminating bottlenecks in clinical research operations

Clinical trial management is slowed by complex workflows, fragmented tools, and reliance on developers for routine updates. Research teams face costly delays when adjusting questionnaires, participant flows, or digital interventions—each minor change can add weeks and thousands in costs. This dependency limits autonomy, slows innovation, and creates operational friction, impacting timelines and budgets. Researchers need a solution that enables independent, compliant trial design and management.

Key problems identified

Excessive development effort required for routine trial updates and configuration changes

Limited autonomy for research teams to independently design and modify trial workflows

Fragmented systems separating trial management from digital intervention delivery

Compliance challenges across data security, regulatory standards, and audit requirements

The solution

A unified no-code platform that puts researchers in control

Trial Deck is a comprehensive no-code platform combining clinical trial management with digital intervention delivery in one secure, compliant environment. The platform empowers research teams to design, configure, and manage complex trials without developer dependency—dramatically reducing costs, accelerating setup times, and enabling rapid iteration based on real-world learnings.

Intuitive trial design

Drag-and-drop visual tools enable research teams to transform complex protocols into live participant journeys without technical support, eliminating weeks of development time for trial configuration and updates.

Integrated engagement tools

Built-in content delivery, messaging, and interaction features allow researchers to deliver digital interventions and maintain participant engagement—all within a single platform rather than cobbling together multiple disconnected systems.

Scalable architecture

The platform adapts seamlessly from small single-site studies to large multi-site international trials like GlobalMinds (50,000 participants), providing consistent functionality regardless of research scale.

OUR APPROACH

Building from years of real-world research experience

Trial Deck was built from years of running trials and listening to researchers frustrated with existing tools. Designed with usability and compliance in mind, it empowers research teams to manage studies independently, reducing technical dependency while meeting rigorous clinical standards.

Key features

Custom questionnaires with logic

Design flexible eCRFs with branching logic, skip patterns, and in-form validations that adapt to participant responses.

Custom questionnaires with logic

Design flexible eCRFs with branching logic, skip patterns, and in-form validations that adapt to participant responses.

Custom questionnaires with logic

Design flexible eCRFs with branching logic, skip patterns, and in-form validations that adapt to participant responses.

Integrated eConsent

Collect secure digital signatures with support for advanced electronic signatures, maintaining full audit trails for regulatory compliance.

Integrated eConsent

Collect secure digital signatures with support for advanced electronic signatures, maintaining full audit trails for regulatory compliance.

Integrated eConsent

Collect secure digital signatures with support for advanced electronic signatures, maintaining full audit trails for regulatory compliance.

Dedicated testing environment

Simulate complete participant journeys and validate workflows before launch, reducing errors and ensuring smooth trial operations.

Dedicated testing environment

Simulate complete participant journeys and validate workflows before launch, reducing errors and ensuring smooth trial operations.

Dedicated testing environment

Simulate complete participant journeys and validate workflows before launch, reducing errors and ensuring smooth trial operations.

Secure communication

Audited messaging between researchers and participants within the compliant platform environment.

Secure communication

Audited messaging between researchers and participants within the compliant platform environment.

Secure communication

Audited messaging between researchers and participants within the compliant platform environment.

Participant personalisation tools

Adapt interventions dynamically based on participant data, responses, and behavior—enabling sophisticated tailored approaches without custom development.

Participant personalisation tools

Adapt interventions dynamically based on participant data, responses, and behavior—enabling sophisticated tailored approaches without custom development.

Participant personalisation tools

Adapt interventions dynamically based on participant data, responses, and behavior—enabling sophisticated tailored approaches without custom development.

Real-time dashboards

Track recruitment, engagement, and progress with visual analytics that provide actionable insights for trial management.

Real-time dashboards

Track recruitment, engagement, and progress with visual analytics that provide actionable insights for trial management.

Real-time dashboards

Track recruitment, engagement, and progress with visual analytics that provide actionable insights for trial management.

Impact and recognition

Trial Deck is trusted by leading research institutions and has powered groundbreaking large-scale studies demonstrating the platform's ability to deliver compliance, scalability, and flexibility for complex clinical research.

GlobalMinds dementia research programme

50,000-participant international study successfully launched and managed through Trial Deck

GlobalMinds dementia research programme

50,000-participant international study successfully launched and managed through Trial Deck

GlobalMinds dementia research programme

50,000-participant international study successfully launched and managed through Trial Deck

NIHR BioResource partnership

Recognized and supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research

NIHR BioResource partnership

Recognized and supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research

NIHR BioResource partnership

Recognized and supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research

Clinical Trials Units (CTUs)

Adopted across academic research groups and Contract Research Organizations (CROs)

Clinical Trials Units (CTUs)

Adopted across academic research groups and Contract Research Organizations (CROs)

Clinical Trials Units (CTUs)

Adopted across academic research groups and Contract Research Organizations (CROs)

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“The way it works is intuitive and so, as a non-tech savvy person, even I have managed to set up forms with validations and rules in, and then test that they are all fully working. Very impressed!”

“The way it works is intuitive and so, as a non-tech savvy person, even I have managed to set up forms with validations and rules in, and then test that they are all fully working. Very impressed!”

Johanna Cook

Senior Trial Manager, University of Oxford

Senior Trial Manager, University of Oxford