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Grand Rounds January 12, 2024: Design and Implementation of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Covid-19 Resources (Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCIDP)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The first drug that used the new process was Remdesivir in May 2020. The committee worked with communications specialists who partnered with palliative care providers and others to draft FAQs and other communication guidance for clinician teams who were having conversations about drug allocations with patients and families.

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June 24, 2022: FDA Draft Guidance on Real-World Evidence (John Concato, MD, MS, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Food and Drug Administration (FDA). With the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, the FDA established a program to evaluate the potential use of real-world evidence to support new indications for drugs and satisfy post-approval study requirements. John Concato, MD, MS, MPH.

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Grand Rounds July 22, 2022: ACTIV-6: 1-Year Later and Trial Results for Ivermectin-400 and Inhaled Fluticasone (Susanna Naggie, MD, MHS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

ACTIV-6 is testing medication doses approved by the FDA for other purposes, i.e., repurposed drugs. Given the history with other repurposed drugs, I was concerned people would not want to take Ivermectin. This was one of the reasons we gave people options about which drugs they were willing to take. Professor of Medicine.

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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. Globally cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence had decreased between 1990 and 2010, but it has slightly increased since 2010.

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Grand Rounds February 24, 2023: S2302 Pragmatica-Lung: New Directions for Decreasing Burden and Increasing Inclusion in NCTN Clinical Trials (Konstantin Dragnev, MD; Karen Reckamp, MD, MS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

For the standard of care arm, treatment is determined by the treating investigator and participant, with the recommendation that the choice of drug is based on NCCN guidelines and dosing administration based on the participant’s previous therapy and disease. – What was the rationale for the choice of study treatments (i.e.,

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Pharma brands must ‘up the ante’ in their digital presence

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Each country has different regulations in regard to the online advertising of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines. Ensure keywords used are relevant for your audience – medical terminology for professionals and informational keywords providing solutions to ailments for consumers.

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Prominent Reasons Behind The Failure Of NAMPT inhibitors And Key Strategies Adopted By Developers To Overcome Such Challenges

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NAMPT inhibitors are a class of drugs that target the enzyme nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT). One of the main challenges is the development of drug resistance, as cancer cells can develop mechanisms to bypass the inhibition of NAMPT. Several trials focused on evaluation of such drugs were discontinued in the past.