Roundtable: Tackling Protocol Complexity and Data Burden—What Works in Practice

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Protocol complexity continues to rise, expanding data collection requirements and increasing burden on patients, sites, and clinical teams. This roundtable brings clinical operations leaders together to discuss how they assess protocol complexity, including the use of emerging design and analytics tools, and how those insights drive real protocol optimization decisions. The conversation will focus on separating essential versus nonessential data, understanding where AI‑ and analytics enabled tools meaningfully support simplification, and where organizational behaviors—not technology—remain the limiting factor. Attendees will share practical lessons on reducing data collection burden while preserving scientific rigor.