What are digital therapeutics (DTx)?

DTx are clinically evaluated software used to prevent, manage and/or treat a wide spectrum of diseases and disorders, promoting the empowerment of patients and/or their caregivers and facilitating decision making by healthcare professionals.

They can currently cover needs in several therapeutic areas such as mental health, cardiovascular problems, chronic and metabolic diseases and their different pathologies such as ADHD (paediatrics), insomnia, anxiety, hypertension, musculoskeletal pain, asthma, COPD and type 2 diabetes.


Characteristics of the DTx

  • Can be used standalone or as a complement to other devices and/or drugs.
  • Incorporate advanced technologies related to patient-centric design, artificial intelligence and gamification, and must meet strict interoperability and data privacy criteria.
  • Must be certified by regulatory bodies to ensure efficacy, efficiency and safety.
  • They publish the results of clinical trials in peer-to-peer reviewed journals. The type of clinical trial used as the gold standard is the randomised controlled trial (RCT).
  • They allow real-word evidence (RWE) to be generated from the capture and analysis of real-world data (RWD) to assess potential risks and benefits related to pathologies and their treatments.

How do DTx differ from digital health?

Digital therapeutics are undergoing clinical studies demonstrating their efficacy and are subject to further clinical evidence

They can be prescribed by health care providers as stand-alone treatments or in addition to existing medicines and therapies.

Digital health, on the other hand, includes medical technologies and platforms that require less clinical evidence.

What value do digital therapeutics bring?

Digital therapeutics are valuable for patients, health systems and healthcare specialists alike. They benefit patients by improving access to effective and safe therapies, promoting the sustainability of the healthcare system, and extend the reach of clinicians by making treatment more accessible.

For patients

DTx allow patients to have personalised treatments, continuity and follow-up, improve their clinical outcomes and enhance their quality of life and medical conditions.
It also empowers them to manage their condition with access to content validated and curated by healthcare professionals.

For HCPs

They allow patients with chronic diseases at risk of developing complications to be monitored and intervention to be made before they worsen.

Help monitor patients’ condition remotely in real time.

Improve patient relationship and engagement.

For the National Health System

DTx have the potential to support the improvement, efficiency and sustainability of the healthcare system by contributing mainly to increased quality of care, access to more tools for the healthcare professional and improved cost-effectiveness.
 

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