• Fraud and Misconduct in Clinical Trials Not a Trivial Matter

    Clinical Research News | In a debate at the recent Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) over whether fraud and misconduct in clinical trials represent a marginal nuisance or a major problem, the argument for it being a serious situation easily won the day based on a show of hands in the room. Making the case for an embarrassment of breaches was Jonathan Rowe, head of R&D quality, operations and risk management at management consulting and technology firm ZS.

    Feb 18, 2025

  • Why the Human Touch is Still Present in the Technological Era

    Clinical Research News | The healthcare industry has experienced tremendous growth in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) over the past decade, both of which are already impacting how precision medicine is applied. AI plays a key role in identifying patterns within complex datasets, improving accuracy, and facilitating the exploration of vast volumes of clinical and ‘omics-based research data.

    Feb 14, 2025

  • Crosstree Capital Partners’ Shane Senior Discusses AI’s Disruption of Clinical Trials

    Clinical Research News | At the Venture, Innovation and Partnering forum at last week’s SCOPE Summit in Orlando, Shane Senior, the Managing Director and Owner of Crosstree Capital Partners, delivered a bit of an ultimatum: evolve or die! While the decentralized trial revolution never quite materialized, the AI revolution underway in clinical trials is poised for more dramatic change than ever in the next five years.

    Feb 12, 2025

  • Walgreens Clinical Trials Puts Focus on Patient ‘Readiness’ for Recruitment

    Clinical Research News | Incorporating the lived experience of patients into strategic planning around clinical trials, and outreach to historically under-represented communities, are central features of the operational model of Walgreens Clinical Trials. The key is to foster a sense of trust and long-term connection with different population groups—not show up suddenly and unexpectedly with a flashy recruitment campaign that is destined to “fall flat.”

    Feb 11, 2025

  • Anju, Biorce, Medidata, Phastar Take Home Best of Show Awards from SCOPE 2025

    Clinical Research News | Winners were named in the 2025 SCOPE Best of Show Awards yesterday. With more than 60 new product finalists on display on the Exhibit Hall floor and more than 300 attendees voting on their favorite new products, the Best of Show program at SCOPE highlights the very best in innovation and new technologies in clinical research.

    Feb 6, 2025

  • Narrowing the Gap Between Clinical Research and Clinical Care

    Clinical Research News | The growing convergence between clinical research and clinical care—and ways the second Trump administration will be encouraging and supporting movement in that direction—was the topic of the opening keynote presentation made at this week’s Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) in Orlando.

    Feb 5, 2025

  • Grove AI Named the 2025 Participant Engagement Award Winner

    Clinical Research News | In a contest focused on the finalist themes of AI (artificial intelligence), DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), and community engagement, a winner was chosen to be the 9th Annual Participant Engagement Award during opening ceremonies yesterday at the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives in Orlando. This year’s top honor went to Grove AI for personalizing participant recruitment and engagement at scale using a smart bot named Grace acting as a clinical research assistant.

    Feb 4, 2025

  • Best of Show Finalists at SCOPE 2025

    Clinical Research News | The Best of Show People’s Choice Award Finalists are now announced for next week’s 2025 Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE). With a record number of finalists, this promises to be the most competitive year yet for clinical new products.

    Jan 31, 2025

  • Proceed With Caution When Decentralizing Oncology Trials

    Clinical Research News | Patients with cancer typically have a strong emotional connection with their doctors and nurses that is an important part of their healing process. It follows that those taking an investigational therapy should be offered decentralized clinical trial (DCT) components that serve to enhance that bond rather than do away with it, according to Peter O’Neill, vice president of clinical operations at TuHURA Biosciences, Inc.

    Jan 30, 2025

  • Follow the Money: Clinical Platforms, Ophthalmology, New Trials

    Clinical Research News | New funding this month includes cash for “the anti-CRO” eClinical platform, novel obesity drugs, ophthalmology, and more.

    Jan 29, 2025

  • Community Partners Look at Trial Design, New 23andMe Research Offering, More

    Clinical Research News | A new UTHealth Houston project plans to engage community partners to improve the design of clinical trials; Advarra releases a Study Collaboration solution; 23andMe launches new clinical research product; more.

    Jan 28, 2025

  • Set For Success: Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Clinical Data Conformity In Medical Device Trials

    Clinical Research News | The Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745 and the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation 2017/746 have greatly enhanced the requirements related to the performance, conduct, monitoring, recording and reporting of medical device clinical investigations in the European Union (EU). This tightening of clinical requirements under the EU Regulations has been cited as a key issue in the claims that medical devices are disappearing from use within the EU.

    Jan 24, 2025

  • AI-Powered Study Startup Platform Latest Addition to Pi Health Arsenal

    Clinical Research News | A spinoff of global biotech company BeiGene is looking to transform the clinical development of oncology medicines with a software platform integrating all the features study sponsors and sites need to conduct trials and communicate with each other in a compliant way.

    Jan 23, 2025

  • Digital Measures: What’s in it for Patients?

    Clinical Research News | Like two other major advancements in the past 200 years, the stethoscope and X-ray imaging, digital health technologies (DHTs) are giving “a whole new perspective” on human health. Earlier innovations enabled doctors to hear and see inside the human body, and the addition of digital measures of health offer a view into people’s everyday lives when they’re outside the clinic setting.

    Jan 21, 2025

  • The Roadmap for Analytical Validation of Novel Digital Clinical Measures

    Clinical Research News | Digital clinical measures that are truly novel and therefore lack a good reference measure for assessing their performance have been given overdue attention by a public-private partnership between the nonprofit Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    Jan 17, 2025

  • ‘Rebuttal Campaign’ Exposes Deficiencies in Study and Knowledge of Obesity

    Clinical Research News | Widespread misinformation about what obesity is and how it should be treated is finally getting the attention it deserves. The inconvenient truth is that obesity is a series of diseases, and the underlying culprit is malfunctioning adipose tissue.

    Jan 14, 2025

  • NVIDIA Announces Agentic AI Vision at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Partners with IQVIA

    Clinical Research News | Among the many partnerships and technical announcements made by NVIDIA during the company's Monday morning presentation at the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, NVIDIA focused several on innovation within the healthcare and life sciences industry.

    Jan 13, 2025

  • Sites, Participant Engagement Efforts Recognized as Award Finalists Before SCOPE

    Clinical Research News | Finalists have been named in two of the three awards programs slated for the SCOPE Summit, February 3-6, in Orlando, Fla. Entries in the Participant Engagement Awards and the Site Innovation Awards have been named finalists. Winners will be announced on site at the event.

    Jan 9, 2025

  • Trendspotting: Predictions for Clinical Research in 2025

    Clinical Research News | 2024 was full of innovative ideas and achievements. We spoke with industry experts and leaders about what to expect in the new year. Here are the full predictions and trends, including more information on patient recruitment and retention, patient perspectives in clinical trials, AI/ML’s impact on drug development, and more.

    Jan 7, 2025

  • Top Stories of 2024: Decentralized Clinical Trials, New Treatments, AI Automation, More

    Clinical Research News | In 2024, AI continued to help clinical research and trials by increasing efficiency and patient engagement, new drugs and treatments showed great potential for previously difficult-to-treat diseases, and decentralized clinical trials are heading to their “next phase.” The Scope of Things podcast also delivered news and exclusive conversations on improving diversity in clinical trials, enrollment challenges, patient centricity, and more. To kick off 2025, here are the top stories from Clinical Research News and top episodes from the Scope of Things podcast.

    Jan 3, 2025