• When Will We Solve the Patient Engagement Dilemma?

    Clinical Research News | Adopting countless tools to engage patients and capture information in trials limits the opportunity to share common learnings, establish standard procedures, or gain economies of scale through replication across studies. With standardized processes and workflows, sponsors can reduce implementation complexity and create a repeatable model across most studies with minor changes.

    Aug 26, 2022

  • ‘Laboratory For Motion’ Uses AI To Turn Movements Into Clinical Endpoints

    Clinical Research News | Movement can now be used as a functional biomarker and endpoint for all sorts of treatments—including orthopedic surgery for bad knees and hips, spinal cord stimulation for debilitating back pain, weight-loss programs for obesity, and even laser surgery for glaucoma.

    Aug 25, 2022

  • AI Could Help Spot Difficult-To-Detect Pancreatic Cancer Sooner

    Clinical Research News | Radiomics-based machine learning models have been shown to do an impressive job of detecting pancreatic cancer on pre-diagnostic CT scans several months before symptoms appear, suggesting that one day the disease will more often be diagnosed at a stage where a surgical cure may be possible.

    Aug 23, 2022

  • Survey Suggests Alzheimer’s Research Is Missing the Boat

    Clinical Research News | A research team is advocating for a more data-driven approach to Alzheimer’s research where sets of biological pathways get grouped with mechanisms the body itself uses to ward off the disease.

    Aug 18, 2022

  • Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Have A Lot In Common

    Clinical Research News | Evidence is emerging that long COVID (formally “post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection,” or PASC) bears a striking, molecular-level resemblance to the disabling and complex illness now known as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Aug 16, 2022