Clinical Trials – Healthy Skeptic

Sep 11 2014

Reanalyses of Clinical Trial Data

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Randomized clinical trials theoretically are the most trustworthy form of research, but an article in JAMA finds that reanalyses of data from such trials often comes to a different conclusion…

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Aug 01 2012

Minnpost.com

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In the 1980s, most clinical trials took place at universities and other academic institutions. By 2005, more than 70 percent of U.S. clinical trials were being done by nonacademic physicians. In fact, the number of private-sector physicians involved in these studies climbed from 4,000 in 1990 to a staggering 20,250 in 2010.

Jul 12 2012

Bizjournals

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ERT, a global technology-driven provider of health outcomes services to biopharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs), announced today the acquisition of invivodata, Inc, a leading provider of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) solutions and Consulting services, based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Apr 24 2012

Wall Street Journal

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A growing number of patient-advocacy groups are playing matchmaker, linking patients to researchers who need them for clinical trials.

Jun 07 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Pfizer Inc. is conducting a drug trial in which patients participate from their homes using computers and smartphones rather than visiting a clinic.

May 23 2011

Outsourcing-pharma.com

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PRA International acquires key software developer; expands eClinical solutions

May 04 2011

New York Times

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The finding casts further doubt on a clinical trial that made headlines in 2006 when it concluded that fully 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented through wide use of CT scans.

Apr 26 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The WSJ reports today on the results of a social network-based online trial of lithium taken off-label by ALS patients. But was the lithium trial an unusual experiment or are online trials and studies driven by patient social networks a viable option?

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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New approaches are being tried that can dramatically speed up the recruiting process and reach more patients from groups frequently underrepresented in studies – at the heart of these new methods is the shift to EMRs

Sep 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued a new rule aimed at boosting the quality of safety information it receives on investigational drugs and medical products during clinical trials.

Aug 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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If a patient participates in the trial, their health plan will stop covering all the other doctor visits, hospital stays, tests and treatment related to treatment

Apr 26 2010

New York Times

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A report, issued by the academy’s Institute of Medicine, says that about 40 percent of all advanced clinical trials sponsored by the Cancer Institute are never completed.

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