UW-Madison study investigating treatment to prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A research study at UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is investigating a drug that could one day prevent Alzheimer’s disease....
17 November, 2023
Clinical Research
New UW Study Examines COVID-19 Vaccines in People with Weakened Immune Systems
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are exploring the ideal vaccine booster strategy for immunosuppressed patients to protect those at higher risk of severe illness and complications from COVID-19 infection....
16 November, 2023
Is ChatGPT Listening in On Your Next Informed Consent?
You may be happily using ChatGPT to produce meeting minutes or literature reviews, and your children may be secretly using it to complete essays and term papers, but is the world of medical research ready to have such artificial intelligence (AI) tools producing informed consent...
16 November, 2023
The Two Guiding Principles of Optimal Trial Delivery
Clinical research, like raising children, often requires a village. It involves numerous stakeholders, from sponsors and sites to participants and vendors, all with their roles and responsibilities. With more players come complexities, but the fundamental principles of transparent communication and goal alignment remain vital for...
15 November, 2023
Emergency departments seek to transform Alzheimer’s and dementia care through $55M national research grant
UW–Madison researchers led by Dr. Manish Shah are part of a national effort to improve health outcomes for people living with dementia by investigating multiple strategies to advance health care delivery during and after visits to an emergency department (ED)....
14 November, 2023
Leading new treatment research for neuroblastoma
DeSantes, a UW Carbone Cancer Center researcher and Medical Director for the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy program, said this phase I-II clinical trial uses a variation of an existing immunotherapy drug as part of a combination therapy for neuroblastoma patients who have advanced...
13 November, 2023
A New Era in Clinical Trials
The COVID-19 pandemic opened the door for some significant and noteworthy changes to the way our industry could accomplish clinical trials with a forced mandate to decentralize access and services for the continuation of studies....
12 November, 2023
Bonnie fights melanoma with a positive attitude and humor
Bonnie Le Blanc’s faith has been a source of comfort and strength as she has endured life’s hardships, including two cancer diagnoses in the past eight years. Le Blanc was curatively treated for breast cancer and now is committed to fighting her stage IV melanoma...
09 November, 2023
Professionals and Patients Offer Mixed Views on Retail Pharmacy Chains’ Enthusiasm About Trials
As several retail pharmacy chains proclaim a rosy outlook for ongoing efforts to expand their services into the clinical trials arena in the wake of the pandemic, traditional study site personnel and patients interviewed on the topic offered more mixed and nuanced concerns about the...
08 November, 2023
UROC accepting non-oncology clinical trial proposals until November 27
The next deadline to submit proposals for non-oncology clinical trials to be conducted at UW and UW Health is Monday, November 27....
07 November, 2023