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Velocity Launches Cardiology Council to Accelerate Research Excellence (CARE)

Velocity Clinical Research

Velocity is proud to unveil another groundbreaking initiative: the Cardiology Council to Accelerate Research Excellence (CARE). The proliferation of heart issues — paired with patient lifestyle factors that complicate recruitment and study design — reflect an urgent need for expert-led clinical trials.

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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. CVD is the leading cause of mortality in women.

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January 17, 2024: In This Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Why Are Imaging Trials Different?

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Douglas is the Ursula Geller Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases at Duke University and a past president of both the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. The post January 17, 2024: In This Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Why Are Imaging Trials Different?

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

XTalks

Srivastava highlights the disheartening facts related to mortality including that a CKD patient is more likely to die from CVD before ever having progressed to requiring dialysis, a life-saving therapy for those with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), emphasizing the urgent need for increased research in this area. 18: 2918-2926.

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September 14, 2022: PCT Grands Rounds Will Explore Feasibility of National Registry-Based Pragmatic Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Dr. Biering-Sørensen is professor and head of the Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Research Laboratory at Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev and Gentofte. Join the online meeting.

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Velocity Clinical Research Expands to Poland

Velocity Clinical Research

Velocity Clinical Research, the leading multi-specialty clinical sites business, announced it has expanded into Poland, acquiring its first site, ClinMedica Research. The site is recognized as one of the best research facilities in the country by Sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs).

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Clinical research business continues to expand in US

Drug Discovery World

Centricity Research has acquired North Carolina-based Lucas Research, making it the fifth clinical research company to join Centricity since it launched in November 2021. With this acquisition, Centricity now has more than 35 clinical research sites, reaching 8.5