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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. Increasing diversity in trial leadership is one of the most important strategies to increase diversity among RCT participants.

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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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Triglyceride-lowering trial neutral for cardiovascular event reduction

Medical Xpress

Levels of triglycerides are routinely measured as part of a preventive cardiology work-up and lowering triglycerides with several classes of drugs is common medical practice.

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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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Grand Rounds September 16, 2022: Using Nationwide Registries to Conduct Pragmatic Randomized Trials: The DANFLU Program (Tor Biering-Sørensen, MD, PhD, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Professor in Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials. Head of Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials. Head of Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Research Laboratory. Department of Cardiology. DANFLU-1, Pragmatic Clinical Trials. University of Copenhagen.

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Potential Options for Better Heart Health: Join This Research Study!

Trialfacts

Your unique experiences hold the potential to illuminate the path of medical research. Your involvement is crucial in helping researchers understand how a potential treatment compares to a placebo for individuals dealing with obesity and heart-related issues. Participants will be helping to advance medical research.

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Can regenerative medicine treat heart attacks?   

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Reece Armstrong speaks to Hendrik Streefkerk , Chief Medical Officer and Drug Safety Officer of CellProthera about the company’s cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and why regenerative medicine could be key to treating cardiac diseases. CellProthera’s regenerative medicine approach to heart failure isn’t a new idea.