Rethinking Clinical Trials

JULY 31, 2023

Building a Study Team for a Pragmatic Clinical Trial Description NIH Collaboratory investigator Dr. Lesley Curtis shares tips for building effective study teams for pragmatic clinical trials.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Rob found out that in 1980, a researcher in Birmingham, England first synthesized a very niche cancer drug in a small lab. Over the next few decades, that drug made its way through clinical trials, securing approval in 2007—just 36 months before Rob was diagnosed in 2010. But what was truly remarkable?

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Antidote

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Clinical trials are an integral part of the medical industry, as they are required for any new treatment to be approved. Every medicine used today, whether prescription or over the counter, is a result of the rigorous research process that is a clinical trial — and for these trials to take place, volunteers are vital.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 29, 2024

Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) has launched a new online tool to facilitate the search of clinical trials in myeloma. Solène Clavreul, Head of Medical Education and Scientific Engagement at MPE, said: “Many patients are not aware of clinical trial options.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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. The biggest barrier for CV medicine is the lack of women leaders in CV. years for males and 5.5

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

JUNE 27, 2022

A special series of articles addressing pragmatic and virtual trials appears this week in the journal Contemporary Clinical Trials and offers practical approaches to the many challenges clinical trials face. The special issue can be found on the Contemporary Clinical Trials website.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

But before pharmaceutical companies can go to market with a breakthrough drug, they need to ensure safety and efficacy through clinical trials. Pharma R&D teams are solving this problem by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical trials to save time and money.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 23, 2023

This week, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is introducing major changes to clinical trial regulation in the UK with expedited timelines at several stages. The MHRA hopes this new framework “will remove obstacles to innovation” and “streamline the regulation of clinical trials” amongst other things.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

MARCH 6, 2024

Schell Professor of Management and Applied Economics MIT Sloan School of Management Slides Keywords Food-as-Medicine, Randomized Clinical Trial, Diabetes Key Points Diabetes is common and costly. Food-as-Medicine observational studies have had a large correlation with improved health. 9% of the U.S.

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Olympian Clinical Research

MARCH 19, 2024

Clinical trials are essential for advancing medical knowledge and developing new treatments that can improve patient care and outcomes. Participating in a clinical trial is a significant decision that can have profound benefits, not only for the individual participant but also for future patients and the broader medical community.

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XTalks

JANUARY 17, 2024

Given this hotbed of activity, innovation in the space to drive faster decisions and more efficient trials is intense. They discussed the top new trends in oncology trial design that sponsors are either incorporating into clinical trials or need to start planning to include.

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ACRP blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Historically, patient recruitment and retention have been pressing issues within the clinical trial space. Eighty-five percent of trials fail to recruit enough patients, while 80% are delayed due to other factors like participant dropouts.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

            Speakers Adrian Hernandez, MD Executive Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute Vice Dean, Duke University School of Medicine Christopher J. The global decentralized clinical trial market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30.1% from 2021 to 2026.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 20, 2023

The face of clinical research is evolving. Rather than bringing patients to sites, study teams are now exploring ways they can bring the trial to patients using a varying combination of direct-to-patient drug shipments, home nursing, video conferencing, and electronic data collection. Everybody got used to doing things remotely.

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XTalks

AUGUST 22, 2023

Recruiting participants is perhaps the most challenging aspect of any clinical trial, regardless of the therapeutic area. Yet this one piece is also the most vital, with a trial’s ability to enroll and retain participants being a key predictor of a study’s future success. What is Clinical Trials For All?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

Following the increased use of telemedicine during the Covid-19 pandemic, the potential of digital technologies in communication, data collection, and analysis has become increasingly realised by patients, healthcare systems, and clinical trial sponsors.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 17, 2023

Leveraging historical trial databases has become commonplace in assessing the feasibility of trials in therapeutic areas with a large breadth of clinical development history. EHR data also has a key role to play in designing future clinical trials.

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ACRP blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Every May 20th, our community celebrates Clinical Trials Day. It was on this day in 1747 when Dr. James Lind conducted what is largely considered to be the first clinical trial, testing different treatments for scurvy among sailors aboard a ship and reliably proving the therapeutic solution of vitamin C.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

AUGUST 24, 2022

Areef Ishani of the University of Minnesota will present “The Diuretic Comparison Project: A Large Pragmatic Clinical Trial.” The post August 24, 2022: Diuretic Comparison Project, a Point-of-Care Clinical Trial, to Be Featured in PCT Grand Rounds appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

MARCH 27, 2024

Amit Garg and Stephanie Dixon In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Amit Garg and Stephanie Dixon of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry will present “Effect of a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Patient Access to Kidney Transplant and Living Kidney Donation: A Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomized Trial.”

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

APRIL 17, 2024

Joseph Ross In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Joseph Ross of Yale University will present “The Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project: 10 Years of Clinical Trial Data Sharing.” The YODA Project promotes open science, research transparency, and the sharing of clinical research data to support healthcare research.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Black participation in clinical trials, and the underrepresentation of minority groups in general in trials, remains low. It is therefore important to work towards increasing Black participation in clinical trials, which begins with understanding the barriers to participation and taking steps to address them.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

APRIL 18, 2023

This broad set of clinical conditions and varied underlying causes underscore the need for testing a broad portfolio of therapeutic agents. RECOVER is a patient-centered, integrated, adaptive research network. The first trial will begin enrolling in July 2023. It’s all over the place.

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XTalks

MAY 19, 2023

Clinical trials play a vital role in advancing patient treatment and medical care. This article delves into ten trends and statistics in the world of clinical trials for 2023. Increasing Number of Registered Clinical Trials As of May 17, 2023, there are 452,604 registered clinical trials globally on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Deepika Khedekar , Associate Centralized Clinical Lead at IQVIA, explains how artificial intelligence could make clinical trials more accurate, accessible and standardised. Tapping into the capabilities of AI One reason AI may accelerate clinical trials is its ability to rapidly process and analyse vast amounts of data.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 19, 2023

The biotech, best known for its vaccine research, said its clinical trial is the first to report results of a messenger RNA therapeutic designed for intracellular protein replacement.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Adrian Hernandez and Christopher Lindsell of Duke University will present “Virtual Vigilance: Monitoring of Decentralized Clinical Trials.” He also serves as co-principal investigator of the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Coordinating Center. Join the online meeting.

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ACRP blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Global Disruptions, Health Equity, and Data Sharing International clinical trials are essential to evaluating the safety and efficacy of new treatments, but their success can be hampered by a variety of challenges. When time is of the essence, how do you scale trials internationally for success? This is a sponsored message.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

JANUARY 22, 2024

What happens to a pragmatic trial intervention after the study ends? The article was published online ahead of print this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The case studies in the article are from the ABATE Infection, LIRE, PPACT, PROVEN, STOP-CRC, and TSOS trials. Learn more about the NIH Collaboratory Trials.

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XTalks

MARCH 20, 2024

When it comes to leadership in clinical trials today, what qualities are necessary to navigate the evolving landscape of clinical research effectively? Xtalks recently had the opportunity to discuss Enciso’s journey in the clinical research industry and her decision to join Regeneron.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 6, 2023

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and Protas, led by Oxford University clinical trialist Professor Sir Martin Landray, will collaborate to develop new approaches to large randomised clinical trials.

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Cloudbyz

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Veterinary clinical trials and human clinical trials share some similarities, but there are key differences owing to the distinct nature of the subjects involved—animals versus humans. The aim is to improve the well-being of animals, enhance veterinary medicine, and contribute to public health (e.g.,

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 23, 2023

A series of new measures will be introduced by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to make it faster and easier to gain approval and run clinical trials in the UK. For example, the regulatory and ethics reviews of clinical trial applications will be integrated.

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ACRP blog

MAY 16, 2023

Clinical trials have been the foundation of medical research for almost 250 years. James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon and physician, is widely credited with performing the first comparative clinical trial. For that reason, every May 20 we proudly join the scientific community in celebrating Clinical Trials Day.

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WCG Clinical

JANUARY 4, 2024

Download report Intelligently Connecting Data and Insight to Navigate the Clinical Research Trends of Tomorrow Advancing health is all about connections. Connecting people, data, insights, and technology for a better, more efficient clinical trial experience. Despite this improvement, disconnects remain.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

A large team of medical researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, working with colleagues from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and German firm BioNTech has developed a personalized mRNA vaccine that shows promise against an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in clinical trial results.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

JUNE 29, 2023

Joshua Denny as he discusses improving health through the All of Us research program. The post Podcast June 12, 2023: All of Us Research Program: Improving Health Through Diverse Technology, Huge Cohorts, and Precision Medicine (Joshua Denny, MD, MS) appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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