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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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Cardiovascular Clinical Trials with Patient Diversity: Challenges and Considerations

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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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Bayer to present new data from comprehensive finerenone clinical trial program

The Pharma Data

Bayer will present new renal and cardiovascular (CV) analyses from the comprehensive finerenone (Kerendia®) clinical trial program, including the Phase III FIGARO-DKD and FIDELIO-DKD studies, and the prespecified pooled analysis FIDELITY at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN)’s Kidney Week 2021 from 4-7 November.

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Introducing the new NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centres

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The five new NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centres (NPRCs) are set to shape the future of commercial clinical trials in the UK by offering new ways to conduct late-phase, large-scale research projects.

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“Nothing scares us” – Ukraine’s clinical research sector begins fearless recovery

Drug Discovery World

Following the news that the number of clinical trial recruiting sites in Ukraine has dropped by half since the Russian invasion, DDW’s Diana Spencer examines clinical trial data from analytics company Phesi and speaks to Dr Olena Karpenko , Clinical Research Director at Medical Center Ok!Clinic+

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Etripamil Nasal Spray Shows Promising Phase III Results for PSVT Treatment

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a Canadian biopharmaceutical firm specializing in cardiovascular therapies, recently reported positive results from a Phase III clinical trial of its leading candidate, etripamil nasal spray, for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

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Cardiac Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Caveats and Considerations

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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.