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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. Further efforts are urgently needed to increase diversity in the cardiology workforce, which will improve clinical trial diversity and cardiovascular health for all.

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Heart and Kidney Health for All: Expanding Cardiovascular Clinical Trials to Include CKD Patients

XTalks

Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence linking CKD with this heightened cardiovascular risk, CKD patients are often underrepresented or outright excluded from cardiovascular clinical trials. Vice President of the Medical Department and Cardiology therapeutic lead, and Heather Lohr, Sr. Director of Clinical Trial Management.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. We are dedicated to addressing heart disease, the leading cause of death, by ensuring all patients have access to LODOCO.”

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Cardiovascular Clinical Trials with Patient Diversity: Challenges and Considerations

XTalks

Cardiovascular clinical trials need to have a diversity plan because there can be a difference in disease burden when comparing people of different race and ethnicity. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is emphasizing the need for diversity in clinical trials. The Diversity of the US Population.

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Velocity Hosts Global CARE Council Summit

Velocity Clinical Research

The summit focused on Velocity’s Diabetes + Obesity, MASH, Vaccine, Cardiology, and Women’s Health CARE Councils, along with a few areas in development.

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Grand Rounds February 9, 2024: Pragmatic Recruitment of Underrepresented Groups – Experience From the Diuretic Comparison Project (Cynthia Hau, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

DCP developed an EHR-based workflows and integrated workflows within the local VA primary care setting. DCP developed 3 electronic workflows with 6 major configurations including applications needed outside of the EHR system. DCP developed a patient tracking tool that nurses could use to make sure patients got through each step.

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Clinical research business continues to expand in US

Drug Discovery World

The company has 155 investigators who perform trials in around 20 therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, neurology, endocrinology, oncology, cardiology, dermatology and vaccines.