Clario has formed a strategic partnership with PathAI, an AI-powered digital pathology provider, to streamline gastrointestinal (GI) clinical trials. This collaboration aims to create a comprehensive solution that integrates anatomical pathology services with advanced video endoscopy assessments, offering a single-vendor experience for contract research organizations (CROs) and sponsors.
The initiative will encompass a full end-to-end process, including training, logistics, tissue processing, slide digitization, image analysis, and data transfer, all managed under expert medical and scientific oversight. This partnership is set to simplify workflows at clinical trial sites, enhancing training, reporting, and document management.
Marcela Vieira, Clario's gastroenterology medical director, expressed excitement about the collaboration, highlighting that it combines their expertise in GI trials—backed by over 130 studies using advanced imaging technologies—with PathAI’s innovative capabilities in patient care and research. The integration of endoscopy and histopathology is expected to open new avenues for clinical research.
PathAI will contribute its network of expert GI pathologists and focus on improving the handling of specimens and histological assessments. Their AI-driven solutions are designed to enhance evaluations for ulcerative colitis (UC), minimize variability in histological scoring, and expedite biomarker discovery.
Matt Grow, chief business officer of PathAI Biopharma, noted that this partnership will provide a state-of-the-art approach to assessing therapeutic efficacy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical trials, ultimately accelerating therapy development.