14 Feb Need kids for clinical studies? Try Facebook to reach parents
Social media platforms are a useful way to reach parents of children with rheumatologic diseases for purposes of clinical research, researchers suggested....
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10 Feb U.S. FDA advisers call for new trial of Lilly, Innovent lung cancer drug
By Amruta Khandekar and Roxanne Liu, Reuters Feb 10 (Reuters) - Innovent Biologics Inc (1801.HK) and Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) should be required to conduct a trial of their lung cancer drug that is applicable to the U.S. population, a panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
04 Feb Diversity in dermatology clinical trials remains unchanged over last decade
A systematic review reveals that although the reporting of racial and ethnic data has increased in recent years, inclusion of minority groups in dermatological clinical trials has remained unchanged....
04 Feb Addressing research for women from every angle
When sponsors develop drugs and devices specifically for women, they need to create clinical trials that are uniquely female-focused. From protocols and endpoints, to recruiting strategies and messaging, these trials have to take into account the unique needs, expectations and regulatory requirements of a totally...
03 Feb Why a treatable cancer disproportionately kills Black women
Across the United States, Black women have a significantly higher chance than white women of dying from cervical cancer. A report from Human Rights Watch investigates the reasons why and finds that “neglect and exclusion” from the nation’s broken healthcare system are to blame....
02 Feb A cancer treatment makes leukemia vanish, but creates more mysteries
Two early recipients of CAR T immunotherapy were free of a blood cancer nearly a decade after receiving the therapy....
25 Jan COVID-19 pandemic led to more inclusive practices in clinical trials
The pandemic prompted clinical trial sponsors to adopt new methods and decentralized procedures that may increase diversity and inclusion in future trials....
24 Jan They built a smarter approach to COVID clinical trials. Now they want to do the same for other diseases
A group of scientists who did more than perhaps any other to test new treatments for Covid, including establishing that the steroid dexamethasone can save lives, is now turning its focus to the rest of medicine....
21 Jan I-Trust study seeks to increase eye screenings, preserve sight for rural patients across the country
More patients in rural areas across the nation could soon have increased access to vision-saving eye screenings based on a new multi-center clinical trial, led by an investigator at the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences....
19 Jan Clinical trials leaders join forces to enhance patient care offerings
Betsy Nugent and Nasia Safdar are working together to advance the clinical trials enterprise at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, while building the new Wisconsin Medicine Institute for Clinical Trials....