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Advarra
JUNE 27, 2023
Clinical trials are studies involving human volunteers to research ways to prevent, detect, and treat various medical conditions. The goal is to identify safer, more effective methods of treating illnesses using new drugs or new combinations of existing drugs.
XTalks
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
There has been increasing awareness around the need for improving inclusion and diversity in clinical trials. As such, there has been a growing emphasis on efforts to achieve better and more accurate representations of minority and underrepresented populations like Black people in clinical studies.
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pharmaphorum
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Lack of access, strict regulations, and demanding schedules have made it extremely difficult for patients to participate in clinical trials. A 2018 NIH survey found that patients felt clinical trial participation to be inconvenient and burdensome, and nearly half (49.0%) said it disrupted their daily routine.
pharmaphorum
MAY 14, 2021
China’s Kintor Pharmaceutical has begun late-stage US clinical development of its potential COVID drug proxalutamide – but there is scepticism over the company’s claims about its research. But Reuters reported that the doctor identified as its principal clinical trial investigator has said he is not in charge of the trial.
Drug Discovery World
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . It can also permit targeted screening of known disease complications and access to drug studies. Context .
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 25, 2022
That was until my doctors stunned me with the news that I had cirrhosis caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a severe form of fatty liver disease that often has few or no symptoms until very late stages. Cirrhosis is not just an “old drunk guys” disease, a stigma which has long hampered interest and investment in research.
Placebo Control
JULY 14, 2015
Adam Feuerstein points out - and expresses considerable alarm over - an overlooked clause in the 21 st Century Cures Act: Waive informed consent requirement for clinical trials?!?! Even though the patients aren’t personally identifiable, the collection of medical data qualifies this as a clinical trial.
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