Authors


Charlie Fix

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At-home Self-collection of Blood Specimens for Safety Lab Testing in Clinical Trials via the Tasso+ Device

Laboratory services organization focuses on easing patient and site burden with improved collection device.


Nadeeka R. Dias, PhD

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FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance Update: Incorporating Patient Experience Data in Clinical Trials

The four new methodological Patient-Focused Drug Development guidance documents the FDA is currently developing for the industry that incorporate patient experience data into drug development, summarized.


Claudia Berrón

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Considerations to Reach Underrepresented Groups

Regulatory compliance, collaboration, and effective use of technology among ways CROs can overcome challenges.


Christine Guo, PhD

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Why Wearable DHTs are Bringing More Meaningful Data Collection to Patient-Centric Clinical Trials

Wearable digital health technologies can enhance traditional clinical outcome assessments, such as for neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, and rheumatology.



Julia Lakeland

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EU Perspectives: Guidance for Using Patient Experience Data in Real-World Studies

Patient insights are expected to become increasingly instrumental in optimizing medicine development and regulatory decision-making.


Rivka Szafranski

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Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Trial Stakeholders and Patients

New online platform, Clinical Trial Guide seeks to improve access.


Lindsay McCarthy

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Addressing the Needs of Clinical Trial Sites in a Post-COVID-19 World

Recognizing pre-pandemic pain points, such as patient engagement and protocol development, could lead to post-pandemic trial success.


Nathan Collins

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The Evolving Role of AI in Shifting the Bottleneck in Early Drug Discovery

Testing in humans in clinical trials and the regulatory approval process itself are candidates for technology solutions where artificial intelligence is playing a role.


Steve O'Keeffe

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Osteoarthritis: Is a Cure on the Launch Pad?

Common advice for OA sufferers is joint replacement, but other options are on the horizon.


Andrei Belcin

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Establishing a Basis for Secondary Use Standards for Clinical Trials

Study seeks to understand how different forms of data meet the needs of researchers.


John Reites

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Harness Technology to Scale Global Hybrid Decentralized Studies

The industry wide shift to decentralized clinical trials includes considerations for sponsors and CROs such as global availability, global technology, and data integration.


Rachna Malik

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Agile Drug Development’s New Reality

In order to accelerate clinical R&D and bring drugs to the market quicker, it is imperative that science is complemented by new-age technology such as artificial intelligence and data-driven smart analytics.



Michelle Marlborough

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From Regulation to Data Aggregation: Three Machine Learning Trends to Watch

Foundational issues must be addressed to advance best practices.



Liz Beatty

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Clinical Trial Diversity: It’s Time to Stop Talking the Talk and Start Walking the Walk

The first step is admitting there's a problem, now what will the industry do about it?


Nawshin Kutub, PhD

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Accelerating Clinical Trial Design and Operations

Fully-integrated, component-based CDMS offers flexibility, customization, and efficiency.


Scottie Kern

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Are Any Data in Clinical Trials Better than No Data At All?

The answer comes down to context of use—and knowing the motives for "missingness."



Dr. Pam Diamond

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Decentralized Clinical Trials: What Therapeutic Areas are Ripe for All-Virtual?

Five therapeutic areas that are apt for an all-virtual approach, and that can serve as an entry point for sponsors who are hesitant yet interested in exploring the growing DCT model.



Critical Path Institute’s Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) Consortium

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Unstructured Patient Diaries: To be, or not to be, that is the Question

Whether unstructured patient diaries will be part of future clinical trials depends on three main factors, including answers around added value.


Barbara Valastro, PhD

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Improving Diversity in Clinical Trial Volunteer Participation by Addressing Racial and Ethnic Representation Among the Clinical Research Workforce

2020 Tufts CSDD study examines relationship between investigative site personnel diversity and study participant diversity.


Martin Wing-King

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Optimizing Clinical Trial Efficiency: The Power of Simplicity for First-in-Human Studies

How industry can increase the speed of these trials while continuing to meet patient needs.


Angie Sanchez

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Importance of Diversity in Parkinson’s Research

Eliminating barriers to engage underrepresented populations.


Hana Do

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Assessing Sponsor Attitudes Toward Retail Pharmacy Involvement in Clinical Trial Recruitment and Execution

Amid CVS’ surprise exit from the clinical research space and the ensuing broader questions, study investigates the benefits of pharmacy chain involvement—along with the concerns and barriers to adoption.


Ankur Vasudeva

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Adapting Site Selection for Clinical Trial Decentralization and the Future Landscape

Sites not expected to fade away even as DCTs continue to grow past COVID-19.


Melissa Nezos

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Key Points to Success in Decentralized Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Clinical Trial

This article highlights how C2N Diagnostics and Firma Clinical Research teamed up to create a successful Alzheimer's diagnostic clinical trial while allowing participants to remain in their homes.


Yelena Lapidot, PhD, RD

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Rethinking ECOG Scores to Improve Patient Access and Clinical Trials Eligibility

Recent study results highlight need for new metrics in ECOG scoring to mitigate variability.

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