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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. There are several strategies that will help increase diversity in CVD trials. CVD is the leading cause of mortality in women. Many high school and college students are moving away from the sciences.

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Velocity Launches Cardiology Council to Accelerate Research Excellence (CARE)

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

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Lessons From Chest Pain Evaluation 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. appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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

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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

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Tor Biering-Sørensen of the University of Copenhagen will present “Using Nationwide Registries to Conduct Pragmatic Randomized Trials: The DANFLU Program.” The post September 14, 2022: PCT Grands Rounds Will Explore Feasibility of National Registry-Based Pragmatic Trials appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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November 22, 2022: ADAPTABLE Points to Need for Better Integration of Patient-Reported Health Data Into Pragmatic Trials

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A concordance analysis from ADAPTABLE, a large pragmatic, comparative effectiveness trial, found low to moderate agreement between patient-reported health data and data derived from the electronic health record (EHR). The findings highlight the need for better integration of patient-reported health data into pragmatic research studies.

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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

The trial was designed to randomize 1,000 patients who had an On-X aortic valve replacement at least 3 months prior to randomization with either a standard dose of Apixaban (5mg) or continued warfarin (the standard of care). The trial took place at 64 sites, and randomized 863 patients. Learn more Read about the PROACT Xa study.