Study Conduct

Oracle targets patient recruitment

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:29 AM

Oracle is putting its integration knowledge to work on one of the most difficult clinical trial tasks: patient recruitment. And it’s focusing on one of the most difficult environments, though one of the richest in candidates: hospitals, according to Fierce BiotechIT.

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Many trials exclude depressed patients

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:20 AM

When the FDA announced in 2009 that Pfizer’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix would need to carry a restrictive "black box" warning label, the move didn't really surprise the market, according to a Reuters report.

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Almac partners with Exco InTouch

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:05 AM

Almac’s Clinical Technologies business unit, a provider of IXRS (Interactive Voice and Web Response) services for patient and drug supply management, has formed an integrated patient management alliance with Exco InTouch, a firm specializing in patient recruitment, retention, compliance and ePRO services. The alliance will focus on the integration of technology and processes by both firms to deliver patient management, compliance, retention and ePRO service offerings to sponsors of clinical trials.

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Survey: Large sites winning more trials than small; Internet use not as widespread as thought

Monday, March 21, 2011 08:05 AM

Are large sites—hospitals, academic medical centers—getting all the trials, while smaller sites continue to fight for the work that’s left over?

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Russia's clinical trials are a thriving business

Friday, March 18, 2011 01:31 PM

ClinStar, a CRO providing clinical research services in Russia and Eastern Europe, discussed the benefits of conducting clinical trials in Russia in an interview with NPR Marketplace health desk reporter Gregory Warner.

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Report: U.S. needs national registry for study volunteers

Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:21 PM

The U.S. should consider establishing a national registry for healthy volunteers participating in phase I clinical trials to guard against the risks of overlapping enrollment and protect data integrity, Pharma Times reports from a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Health Research Bus takes trials on the road

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 01:16 PM

A mobile clinical research facility developed in the U.K. as part of an alliance between the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick has started recruiting its first patients in Birmingham for three studies organized by the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research facility at the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, according to Pharma Times.

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Experts want stricter regulations in drug trials

Monday, March 14, 2011 01:12 PM

When most people learn about the results of clinical trials for new medicines, it's either because something very good or very bad happened, according to a study reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Integra joins RxTrials site network

Thursday, March 10, 2011 01:54 PM

The Integra Clinical Research facility in San Diego has become the latest addition to RxTrials’ research network.

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PMG Research boosts retention by donating vaccines to needy children on behalf of trial participants

Monday, March 7, 2011 08:00 AM

It’s common knowledge that many people enroll in clinical trials to be part of an effort that furthers medical innovation and ultimately helps others. And yet, after a trial wraps up, the vast majority of participants never learn the results, or whether their participation resulted in approval of a new drug.

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