BURLINGTON, Mass. & RENO, Nev. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – PetPace, a leader in smart wearable health monitoring collars for animals, and Crucial Data Solutions, Inc. (CDS), creator of the end-to-end eClinical platform TrialKit, today announced a strategic alliance designed to transform how animal health data is collected, managed, and applied in veterinary and translational research.
By integrating PetPace into the TrialKit ecosystem, we’re delivering on the promise of fully connected, AI-ready research that’s more humane, more accurate, and more efficient. This isn’t just an evolution; it’s a leap forward for animal and human health.
As part of this collaboration, the PetPace Collar, which continuously monitors vital signs, activity, posture, and other behavioral biomarkers, is now fully integrated with the TrialKit platform. This combined solution enables researchers, veterinarians, study sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) to capture objective, continuous health data from animals living in their natural home environments. Collecting data in the home reduces stress-related variability, increases the authenticity of observations, and enhances the reliability of study endpoints for research into chronic conditions, wellness, disease management and therapeutic development.
Both CDS and PetPace provide the technology infrastructure to enable this capability. Study design, ethical oversight, and execution remain the responsibility of qualified research teams and veterinarians. Both companies emphasize their commitment to ethical research practices that prioritize animal comfort, minimize stress and disruption, and promote better health outcomes.
“This alliance is about transforming how we collect, manage, and interpret animal health data,” said Paul Grady, CEO of Crucial Data Solutions. “By bringing PetPace data into the TrialKit ecosystem, we create a connected, AI-ready research environment that is more humane for animals and more informative for researchers. That enhanced fidelity supports better decision making across both veterinary and translational health studies.”
A New Era in Animal-Centric Clinical Research
“Animals can now participate in clinical research on their own terms — in the comfort of their homes and without the stress of clinic visits,” said Dr. Asaf Dagan, Chief Veterinarian and Co‑Founder of PetPace. “This partnership with CDS lets researchers observe animals naturally and generate data that reflects true daily life, not just behavior under observation.”
The integration unlocks immediate and practical benefits for sponsors, CROs and study teams conducting veterinary, chronic disease and translational research:
- Seamless Integration: TrialKit ingests continuous health and activity streams from the PetPace Collar automatically, eliminating manual entry and reducing human error.
- Near Real-Time Visibility: Study teams and sponsors gain timely insights into animal health, enabling faster response to events and improved oversight.
- Unified Data Management: Wearable-derived metrics are consolidated with other study data into a single, auditable source of truth to streamline operations and reporting.
- Objective Biomarker Capture: Continuous quantitative metrics complement traditional assessments, reducing reliance on subjective observation and strengthening endpoint precision.
- Improved Endpoint Quality: Rich longitudinal datasets support deeper analyses, more robust conclusions and enhanced reproducibility.
- Reduced Site Burden: Automation lowers administrative workload for site staff, veterinarians and monitors, allowing teams to focus on care and study-critical tasks.
- Remote and Decentralized Designs: The solution supports fully or partially decentralized studies, increasing participant access, flexibility and potential cost efficiencies.
- End-to-End Support: TrialKit continues to serve as a mobile-native eClinical platform that supports wearable integration across human and animal health studies.
- AI-Ready Analytics: PetPace data is compatible with TrialKit’s analytics capabilities, enabling predictive modeling, anomaly detection and advanced visualization to reveal subtle health trends.
- Scalable and Future-Proof: The collaboration positions researchers to adopt digital health technologies responsibly as observational and decentralized veterinary research grows.
- Data Governance and Traceability: Consolidation within the TrialKit platform helps study teams maintain clear audit trails and supports data integrity needed for regulatory and scientific evaluation.
The CDS–PetPace integration is available now for both new and ongoing studies using the TrialKit platform, providing an immediate pathway to modernize animal-centric clinical research and support more humane, accurate, and scalable study designs.
About Crucial Data Solutions
Founded in 2010, Crucial Data Solutions (CDS) develops TrialKit, an innovative eClinical platform used by sponsors, CROs and research institutions to manage clinical trials and non‑interventional studies. TrialKit focuses on flexible, mobile-native workflows that make advanced data collection and management accessible, scalable and cost-effective for a range of clinical and observational research programs.
About PetPace
PetPace is a global leader in smart wearable health technology for animals. Its patented collar provides continuous tracking of vital signs, activity and posture to enable earlier detection and better management of health conditions, from routine wellness monitoring to clinical research applications. The PetPace system is designed to support practical, real‑world monitoring that enhances animal welfare while producing high‑quality clinical data.
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