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Grand Rounds December 15, 2023: Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Path Forward (Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, FESC)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Yet enrollment of ethnic minorities in NIH clinical trials and for trials studying approved devices and drugs remains low. Increasing diversity in trial leadership is one of the most important strategies to increase diversity among RCT participants. The biggest barrier for CV medicine is the lack of women leaders in CV.

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PI Savors Opportunity to Advance Medicine

Velocity Clinical Research

“Without clinical research, there would be little if any development of new medicines,” says Isabelle Schenkenberger, MD. I’m proud and excited to be a part of it.” Dr. Schenkenberger is especially proud of her clinical trial research work in heart health, noting most new drugs never make it to market.

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July 12, 2023: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, Lessons From the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Neha Pagidipati In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Christopher Granger and Neha Pagidipati of Duke University will present “Lessons From the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial.” Fortin, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and a professor of nursing, and Dr. Pagidipati is an associate professor of medicine—both at Duke University.

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The Scientific Rationale for Diversity in Clinical Trials

WCG Clinical

Despite the growing consensus around the need for diversity in clinical trials, the industry still has a long way to go. 4,5 In fact, lack of representation in clinical trials compromises generalizability of research findings. Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials: Overcoming Critical Barriers.

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

It can be used as a monotherapy or along with cholesterol-lowering medicines. The regulatory approval was based on the findings obtained from a double-blind, multinational, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial conducted in 5,522 chronic coronary disease patients.

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Grand Rounds June 2, 2023: PROACT Xa and The Wizard of Oz: Behind the Curtain of a Pragmatic Decentralized Clinical Trial (John Alexander, MD, MHS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Tags #pctGR, @Collaboratory1 The post Grand Rounds June 2, 2023: PROACT Xa and The Wizard of Oz: Behind the Curtain of a Pragmatic Decentralized Clinical Trial (John Alexander, MD, MHS) appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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Cardiac Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Caveats and Considerations

XTalks

Cardiac biomarkers can not only serve important roles in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of cardiac diseases, but they can also be significant tools in evaluating treatments in cardiovascular (CV) clinical trials. In CV clinical trials, cardiac biomarkers are most commonly included in efficacy and safety endpoints.