• Control Arm Supplementation: First Step Toward No-Placebo Trials

    Clinical Research News | Eliminating a study's control arm by substituting pre-existing real-world data (RWD) is an idea that has captured the imagination of industry sponsors looking to gain efficiencies and cost savings—and reduce participants' fears that they will be end up getting a placebo.

    Jul 16, 2019

  • The Human Microbiome Has Parallels With Forest Ecology

    Clinical Research News | The recently concluded Human Microbiome Project successfully captured host and microbial properties linked to disease in a trio of longitudinal studies. To microbiome researchers, comparing the human microbiome with forest ecology can be irresistible since it's a lot easier to see a tree than a bacterium.

    Jul 12, 2019

  • Speeding Drug Development For Kids With Cancer

    Clinical Research News | The current lag time between first-in-human and first-in-child clinical trials for kids with cancer is concerning to the early phase clinical trials program at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

    Jul 11, 2019

  • Taking The Guesswork Out Of Trial Planning

    Clinical Research News | Companies like Oracle and Cytel are taking unique approaches to study start-up, hoping cross-vendor integration and workflow automation can simplify the global, complex clinical trial process.

    Jul 10, 2019

  • UnitedHealth Group Acquires PatientsLikeMe

    Clinical Research News Brief | UnitedHealth Group has acquired online patient community portal PatientsLikeMe as of June 19. As part of the acquisition, the startup will now become part of UnitedHealth Group’s research arm that focuses on healthcare improvements and innovation.

    Jul 8, 2019

  • Common Protocol Template Gaining Traction

    Clinical Research News | Growing numbers of study sponsors have been adopting the Common Protocol Template (CPT)—or at least its basic structure—since TransCelerate BioPharma released the first version in 2015.

    Jul 8, 2019

  • Solving Sponsors' Top 10 R&D Pain Points With Data Ingestion And Harmonization Platforms

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | An overview of the top ten R&D pain points that state-of-the-art analytics solutions can solve for sponsors, both in the research and the development phases of a program's lifecycle, can provide an understanding of the benefits of AI-powered data ingestion and harmonization platforms.

    Jul 2, 2019

  • Aetion, Kit Check, Shimmer, And More: News From June 2019

    Clinical Research News | June was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from Aetion, Kit Check, Shimmer, and more.

    Jun 28, 2019

  • Data-Driven Approaches Gaining Favor With Study Sponsors

    Clinical Research News | A succession of global clinical development executives and strategic planners at this year's SCOPE Summit spoke about the radical shift away from traditional feasibility questionnaires and opinions of people on the ground to select sites for trials.

    Jun 28, 2019

  • Right-Sizing Site Selection: Streamlining Feasibility

    Clinical Research News | A major step forward in making clinical trials less onerous to conduct has been recent sponsor focus on "reducing the amount of paperwork and bureaucracy" put on sites.

    Jun 27, 2019

  • Right-Sizing Site Selection: Tapping The Evidence

    Clinical Research News | Pfizer, Allergan, and Merck each take a decidedly different approach to selecting sites and investigators for clinical trials. But across the board, data plays a starring role.

    Jun 26, 2019