World IBD Day 2023

On Friday was World IBD Day! đź’ś It’s the day when patient organisations, patients, families, supporters and many other stakeholders join forces to raise awareness of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)  and how it impacts the life of over 10 million people worldwide. Our project partner EFCCA has lauched a survey on IBD in people aged […]

IDEA-FAST Mid-term Achievements Report

The IDEA-FAST mid-term achievements report is here! We would like to say a big thank you to all IDEA-FAST partners for their contribution and dedication to the IDEA-FAST project. Although the Covid-19 pandemic has eased, its impact on the entire research ecosystem remains considerable, posing challenges to the planning and delivery of our project activities. […]

IDEA-FAST on the USA Digital Biomarker Summit

The Digital Biomarker Summit USA will bring together industry leaders who will present the work that is currently underway with DHTs and digital biomarkers, aiming to drive the industry forward through education and collaboration. This event will present examples across a variety of domains, including motor function/mobility, cognitive function, sensory function, and physiological measurement. Additionally, […]

Final Report Released for EFPIA’s Workshop on Enhancing Patient-Centric Outcome Measures and Clinical Trials with Digital Health Technologies

We’re thrilled to announce that the final event report for the multi-stakeholder workshop on Enhancing Patient-Centric Outcome Measures and Clinical Trials with Digital Health Technologies, organized by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations last December, is now available! IDEA-FAST is proud to have been a part of this workshop and to contribute to […]

IDEA-FAST Featured in IHI

We are proud to have one of our latest publications featured by the Innovative Health Inntiative (IHI). Find out more here: Wearable technologies can reliably measure fatigue and disturbed sleep in chronic disease (europa.eu) IHI is a public-private partnership (PPP) between the European Union and the European life science industries. Their core goals are to […]

IDEA-FAST 2023 General Assembly

We are excited to announce that the IDEA-FAST 2023 General Assembly was a great success! The event was held in Barcelona on 16 and 17 March, with attendance of 100 consortium members from 40 organizations, both in person and online, including 7 attendees from the clinical sites. The meeting included plenary and breakout sessions that […]

New Paper Published on Fatigue and Sleep Assessment through Digital Wearables

Our newly published research presents results on using wearable sensing technology to assess fatigue and sleep in patients with chronic diseases. The article provides clinicians with insights on monitoring patients in the natural everyday settings of a patient’s daily life. In the future, wearable sensors could capture the effect the disease has on the patient’s […]

#1 Newsletter of the IDEA-FAST COS

Dear readers, The Clinical Observation Study (COS) is on a roll, and we are proud to present the first Newsletter of the IDEA-FAST COS, with the latest recruitment status. The COS is an ambitious study with the aim to identify digital endpoints to better assess fatigue and sleep disturbances. To gather a significant sample size […]