Clinical Trials

The COVID-19 vaccine is now readily available at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the state of Wisconsin as the federal declaration of emergency lifts Thursday. But it took years to get the vaccine rollout to this point, with plenty of bumps along the way....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking additional steps to support the use of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics and devices, where some or all the trial-related activities occur at locations other than traditional clinical trial sites....

Betsy Nugent, chief clinical research officer at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss clinical trials at UW-Madison, including the importance of trials, how they operate, and the critical need to increase the diversity...

Perhaps one of the most important informed decisions a person can make about their health is whether or not to participate in a clinical trial. With a growing demand for participants to enroll in clinical trials, the need for patient engagement—and more importantly, plain language—comes...