• Patient-Focused Clinical Trial Design Using Net Treatment Benefit

    Apr 25 | Clinical Research News | Pharmaceutical companies and regulators are increasingly aligning around the need to better incorporate patient preferences into clinical trial design. This shift stems from a broader movement to measure whether treatments are efficacious on terms that are also valuable from the patient’s perspective. More

  • Rethinking the Role of Nonprofits in the R&D Ecosystem

    Apr 24 | Clinical Research News | Pharma companies and academic institutions are key players in drug development but operate in disconnected ecosystems. Universities are constantly developing highly innovative drug screening models, while industry has many promising molecules and drug compounds, yet the two worlds more often collide than collaborate to get needed medicines to patients faster. More

  • New Research Identifies Superior Biomarker for Stroke and Dementia Risk

    Apr 23 | Clinical Research News | Researchers have identified "left atrial reservoir strain" as the best biomarker for predicting stroke and dementia risk, according to a new study published in the journal Stroke. The research, led by Dr. Lin Yee Chen of the University of Minnesota Medical School, compared various methods of detecting left atrial (LA) myopathy, an abnormality of the heart's left atrium that can indicate elevated risk even without atrial fibrillation (AFib). More

  • Precursors to Empowering QARA Professionals with AI-Driven Technologies

    Apr 18 | Clinical Research News | As life sciences companies increasingly embrace artificial intelligence and digital transformation, quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals face opportunities and challenges. The journey from paper-based systems to AI-driven solutions requires careful consideration of the various factors required to ensure successful implementation while maintaining global compliance and product quality to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient solutions and treatments. More

  • Vision Set for Integration of Research and Healthcare in Sweden

    Apr 15 | Clinical Research News | Understanding the trajectory of a disease, including how it developed in the first place, is a bit like reconstructing a crime scene where scientists piece together fragmented information in hopes of mapping out the sequence of events and identifying the culprit. But critical connections can be made by analyzing multi-omics data linked to disease and registry data and turning them into actionable insights at the point of care. More

  • Feasibility: The Art of Being Less Wrong, Faster

    Apr 11 | Clinical Research News | Clinical trial complexity is at an all-time high, with today’s clinical trials being more complex in their design and execution, whilst also demanding more sophisticated data management, regulatory navigation, and operational coordination than trials conducted a decade ago. More

  • Veradigm Powering Up Research with Real-World Cardiometabolic Datasets

    Apr 10 | Clinical Research News | As a longtime electronic health record (EHR) supplier for ambulatory care providers, Veradigm (formerly Allscripts) finds itself at the “intersection of research and patient care” with the wherewithal to offer medical practitioners research opportunities and clinical trial sponsors real-world data and solutions to support their R&D ambitions. More

  • The Scope of Things: AI Translating Clinical Trial Results, Improving Study Access, Aspirin Preventing Cancer Spread, More

    Apr 09 | Clinical Research News | This month’s episode of the Scope of Things covers the latest news on setting expectations for Phase II cancer trials, insights about dementia from the Nun Study, and more, brought to you by host Deborah Borfitz. Ravi Parikh, medical director of data and technology applications shared resource at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, joins in to discuss TrialTranslator. More

  • Simplicity and Standards are the Starting Points for Pragmatic Trials

    Apr 03 | Clinical Research News | Pragmatic trials, by name, have been around for well over a decade now and, while well intentioned, they remain poorly understood and currently offer a limited value proposition to study sponsors and contract research organizations. More

  • Withings Moves Beyond BMI with New Body Composition Scale

    Apr 02 | Clinical Research News | Body Mass Index (BMI) is a long-used method to measure body fat with the formula kg/m2 (or lbs/in2 x 703 for imperial measurements). While it is a noninvasive and inexpensive way to measure body fat, there are arguments that BMI is inaccurate because it does not include other factors such as fat distribution, muscle mass, and metabolic health. More
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The Scope of Things podcast explores clinical research and its possibilities, promise, and pitfalls. Clinical Research News Senior writer Deborah Borfitz welcomes guests who are visionaries closest to the topics, but who can still see past their piece of the puzzle. Focusing on game-changing trends and out-of-the-box operational approaches in the clinical research field, the Scope of Things podcast is your no-nonsense, insider’s look at clinical research today.

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