• Crowd-Sourced Neuroscience, New Sickle Cell Dataset Published, FDA-Approved Software

    Clinical Research News | Researchers from around the world are invited to publicly design a shared brain experiment that will run on the Allen Brain Observatory, Angry@Arthritis has announced the first global osteoarthritis clinical trial locator, Indiana Sickle Cell Data Collection program published a paper on persons living with the disease in the state, and Boston Scientific received FDA approval to new software. Plus, new product updates and partnerships from Arrayjet, Critical Path Institute, Clinisys, and more.

    Jul 27, 2023

  • Follow the Money: AI Platform for Acute Immune States, Acquisitions, Expanding Solutions Portfolio

    Clinical Research News | AI platform used for acute immune states, acquisitions, solutions portfolio expansion, and more.

    Jul 26, 2023

  • The Role of Digital Transformation in Patient Engagement, Recruitment, & Retention

    Clinical Research News | Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (Tulsa, Oklahoma) are repurposing a vibrating capsule that is FDA-cleared for treating chronic constipation to study how people sense the hidden signals originating in their gastrointestinal (GI) system.

    Jul 21, 2023

  • Vibrating Capsule Repurposed For Assessment of ‘Visceral Acuity’

    Clinical Research News | Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (Tulsa, Oklahoma) are repurposing a vibrating capsule that is FDA-cleared for treating chronic constipation to study how people sense the hidden signals originating in their gastrointestinal (GI) system.

    Jul 19, 2023

  • Custom-Designed Vaccines Look Promising For Treating Melanoma

    Clinical Research News | Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines “personalized” to the genetics of a tumor look promising for improving the treatment of melanomas, based on results of a phase 2 clinical trial recently presented at the American Society of Oncology congress in Chicago.

    Jul 18, 2023

  • CROs Leading The Way In Modern-Day Clinical Data Management

    Clinical Research News | Contract research organizations (CROs) increasingly find themselves on the leading edge of changes afoot in clinical data management, making it less about the policing of information and more about extracting meaningful insights from it.

    Jul 13, 2023

  • Murray Aitken on Advancing Diversity in Clinical Development

    Clinical Research News | Diversity in clinical trials plays a key role in determining the effectiveness of new medications and treatments. However, clinical trials have proven that participant pools are not as diverse as they should be.

    Jul 11, 2023

  • Time Is Now To Take A Hard Look At Decentralized Trials

    Clinical Research News | Many assumptions have been made about how decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) could help with clinical trial diversity although little “rigorous evidence” exists regarding actual effects on study enrollment.

    Jul 6, 2023

  • Walgreens, Freenome Team Up, New AI Products from ObjectiveHealth, Saama, More

    Clinical Research News | Walgreens and Freenome team up to advance clinical studies; ObjectiveHealth announces new AI tool to optimize clinical trial performance; Saama deploys AI solutions to automate key clinical development processes; American Gene Technologies launch new company that solely focuses on HIV cure research; and more.

    Jun 29, 2023

  • Budget Proposals For Industry-Sponsored Pediatric Trials Need Renegotiating

    Clinical Research News | Many sites engaged in industry-sponsored pediatric clinical trials are struggling to make them monetarily feasible because sponsors often apply the same budget figures used for adult trials and sites may be unaccustomed to talking about line-item costs for different procedures.

    Jun 28, 2023

  • Follow the Money: AI Drug Treatments, Stocks, Quantum Metabolic Polarizers, More

    Clinical Research News | Leveraging AI for drug treatments, stock investments, revolutionizing metabolic MRIs with polarizers, and more.

    Jun 27, 2023

  • Success in Simplicity: Complex Clinical Trials and the eCOA Systems That Support Them

    Clinical Research News | It’s no coincidence that clinical trials are becoming more complex. Advancements in technology are enabling sponsors, clinicians, and trial teams to gather more information than ever before. However, the latest “bells and whistles” can add complexity to trials and distract trial teams from their main focus: collecting data to advance therapies for very ill patients who need them most.

    Jun 23, 2023

  • Biologics, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Current Focus Of Alzheimer’s Disease Trials

    Clinical Research News | The latest report on clinical trials in the Alzheimer’s drug development pipeline points to the growing potential of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies for treating the brain-robbing condition. Anti-inflammatory agents comprise the single largest therapeutic category with 25 drugs, but astoundingly no two are aimed at the same target.

    Jun 21, 2023

  • Rescuing a Study in Jeopardy with Comprehensive Clinical Adjudication

    Clinical Research News | Global clinical trial programs are complex, often encompassing dozens of studies for increasingly uncommon indications. Sponsors of these programs are wisely seeking out independent adjudication of clinical events, or endpoints, that occur over the course of the trial to ensure patient safety and the efficacy of drugs and devices. While endpoint adjudication is not required by regulatory bodies, it can deliver valuable insights during a trial and lend strong, unbiased support for approvals down the road.

    Jun 16, 2023

  • N-Lorem Foundation Bringing Real Hope To ‘N-Of-1’ Patients

    Clinical Research News | Stanley T. Crooke, M.D., Ph.D., founder and longtime leader of the company that pioneered RNA-targeted therapeutics, is now chairman and CEO of the n-Lorem Foundation descaling the technology to treat patients helpless before a healthcare system that wasn’t built for “n-of-1” problems. He will be addressing a room of physicians and scientists tomorrow on the campus of Vanderbilt University.

    Jun 14, 2023

  • Novo Nordisk Home-Grows Group To Digitalize Early Clinical Research

    Clinical Research News | Novo Nordisk launched a digital science and innovation group early in 2022 with the intention of digitalizing clinical research activities, mirroring the way the commercial side of the house has been operating for years. Novo Nordisk has embedded the group within the research organization rather than created a separate product or short-lived initiative.

    Jun 14, 2023

  • Capsule-Sized Device Permits Noninvasive Exploration Of Small Intestine

    Clinical Research News | An international team of researchers has completed preliminary testing of a swallowable device for collecting samples from people under standard, day-to-day conditions to better understand what is happening inside their small intestine. The lengthy organ has up to how been inaccessible unless individuals first fasted and were sedated.

    Jun 8, 2023

  • Predicting Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: Proteomics, Biomarkers, and the Future of Treatment

    Clinical Research News | What if you could predict the progression of knee osteoarthritis through a simple blood test? That’s the vision of Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus, a professor at Duke University School of Medicine. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) affects 60 million adults in the US and projected to increase to 78 million by 2040, yet we don’t currently have very sensitive tools for diagnosis or disease-modifying drugs or treatments.

    Jun 6, 2023

  • Diversity—And Science—Could Benefit From 90-Year-Old Research Approach

    Clinical Research News | After embracing a research approach long used in the public health field, neuroscience investigators at the University of California, Riverside, (UCR) made some surprising discoveries about the Latino community—including the cultural realities driving conduct problems in preadolescent girls.

    Jun 1, 2023

  • Follow the Money: Health Equity Research, Clinical AI, Telehealth, More

    Clinical Research News | PCORI funding opportunities for comparative clinical effectiveness research; Carolina consortium gets NIH funding for health equity research, funding to grow Southeast Asia’s largest telehealth platform; more.

    May 30, 2023