Clinical Trials Articles

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New Biomarkers for Better Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnostics and Treatments

Russ Lebovitz, MD, PhD

Better diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases can improve clinical trials to help move groundbreaking therapies to approval

Understand Lab Equipment Performance Data for Smarter Decision-Making

PHC Corporation of North America

Explore key performance metrics for refrigerators, freezers, and incubators to help ensure your lab operates efficiently and cost-effectively

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Supporting Biomarker-Driven Clinical Trials Through a Future-Ready Lab

Deborah Phippard, PhD

Steps that buttress biomarker analysis include laboratories adopting platform-agnostic technologies

What Clinical Labs Creating LDTs Need to Know About the U.S. FDA Final Rule

DNA Genotek

A Strategic Guide for Clinical Labs to Stay Compliant and Thrive Amid Regulatory Changes

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CRDSA Announces New Standards for Clinical Trial Data Reuse

Clinical Research Data Sharing Alliance

The new standards aim to facilitate responsible sharing and use of anonymized individual patient data from clinical studies to support research and accelerate the discovery and delivery of new therapies

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Agilent Unveils Biopharma CDx Services Lab to Accelerate Precision Medicine

Agilent Technologies

New CLIA-certified lab ensures seamless transition from early assay development and testing to full companion diagnostics commercialization

Which Column Do I Choose? LC Column Selection for Clinical Research

Today's Clinical Lab

Join Today's Clinical Lab and Stephanie J. Marin to learn about LC Column Selection for Clinical Research

Optimizing Laboratory Operations: Insights from Clinical Lab Managers

Today's Clinical Lab

2024 Survey

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New Guidelines Promote More Precise Precision Medicine

Miriam Bergeret, MSc

Top experts publish the first standardized guidelines for reporting precision medicine research

Clinical Accuracy Depends on Effective Lab Water Purification Systems

ELGA

Join Antonino Dibartolo, as he details the crucial role of water purity in clinical testing

Empowering Patient-Centered Care Through Transformative Lab IT

Biomerieux

Learn new and innovative IT solutions to enhance patient engagement, streamline workflows, and improve health outcomes

Improve Bloodstream Infection Management with Faster Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Biomerieux

Learn how AST testing directly from blood cultures can benefit clinical outcomes

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International Guidelines Aim to Reduce Potentially Critical Scientific Fraud

Monash University

The Research Integrity in Guidelines and evIDence synthesis (RIGID) framework is the first for assessing research integrity in clinical guidelines

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AACR, ASA, and FDA Outline Considerations for Overall Survival Analyses in Clinical Trials

American Association for Cancer Research

New article outlines best practices, novel statistical methods, and suggestions for improving benefit-risk assessments in clinical trials

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Type 2 Diabetes Now One of the Top Five Most Studied Diseases Globally, Finds New Analysis

Phesi

Increase in T2D research comes at time of rising interest in GLP-1s, including Ozempic and Wegovy

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Proof-of-Concept Study Uses AI-Based ‘Digital Twins’ to Replace Control Arms in Clinical Trials

Phesi

Digital twin technology could address key challenges in clinical trial development, including reducing patient burden

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Key Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative 30 Years after Launch

National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Data from influential study underscore the importance of personalized and shared decision-making to support the health of postmenopausal women

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New Hope for Early Detection and Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

New findings suggest pathway for screening high-risk individuals for pancreatic cancer in PRECEDE study

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New Drug Controls Sickle Cell Disease-Linked Hypertension

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Treatment for lung condition could help patients with SCD control complications from hypertension and kidney damage

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Multistep Screening Detects Prostate Cancer Effectively

Tampere University

The new screening method in trials includes two blood tests and an MRI scan of the prostate, if necessary