Specimatch Launches Service for Cancer Patients

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Ashley Moultrie, CCRP, senior director, DEI & community engagement, Javara discusses current trends and challenges with achieving greater diversity in clinical trials, how integrated research organizations are bringing care directly to patients, and more.

Zerlasiran, a novel siRNA therapy, demonstrated over 80% sustained reductions in lipoprotein(a) levels with infrequent dosing in the Phase II ALPACAR-360 trial, highlighting its potential as a safe and effective treatment for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Stephen Pyke, chief clinical data and digital officer, Parexel, discusses how AI can be used in clinical trials to streamline operational processes, the importance of collaboration and data sharing in advancing the use of technology, and more.

This November issue of ACT explores those technological innovations in clinical trial recruitment and data collection and management that are being geared toward empowering the research community's most important asset—the patient.

The Phase III CLEAR SYNERGY trial found that long-term colchicine treatment after acute myocardial infarction does not reduce major cardiovascular events compared to placebo, highlighting mixed results from prior studies on its efficacy in cardiovascular disease.