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Innovation, Research

Oncology in 2024: The clinical trial trends reshaping the role of CROs

March 27, 2024

Via: Medical Device Network

Oncology is the most active area in clinical trials globally this year, as more resources than ever are being dedicated to developing and testing new cancer treatments. At the same time, there is the recurring issue of patient recruitment and […]


Innovation, Research

Clinical Trial Payments: Optimizing the Path Forward for Site Payments

January 10, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

Escalating competition for clinical trial sites, in tandem with other industry-wide challenges such as changing regulations; a lack of bandwidth and resources; identifying ideal sites and recruiting and retaining patients, are posing significant obstacles for sponsors and site teams within […]


Innovation, Research

Clinical trial launches for at-home STI and HPV diagnostic tampon

October 12, 2023

Via: Medical Device Network

UK gynaecological health start-up Daye and contract research organisation Lindus Health have teamed up to launch a clinical trial investigating a tampon capable of detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The trial, overseen by Lindus Health, will […]


Innovation, Medical Devices

Dragonfly mitral valve repair system clinical trial results out

June 19, 2023

Via: Medical Device Network

China-based medical equipment company Valgen Medtech presented the 12-month results of the DRAGONFLY-DMR trial during the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EuroPCR) 2023. DragonFly is a transcatheter-edge-to-edge repair (TEER) therapy that has been successfully implanted in more than 300 […]


Innovation, Research

Boosting Clinical Trial Recruitment Requires Humanity – and Technology

January 24, 2023

Via: HitConsultant

Clinical trials should be a time of promise for better patient outcomes, as they explore new ways to potentially help patients suffering from a variety of conditions. Instead, this phase of treatment development is often met with exasperation as patients, […]


News

Looking back at 2022: The top healthcare stories

December 27, 2022

Via: Medical Device Network

The healthcare industry saw its share of ups and downs in 2022. Our response to the worldwide pandemic evolved over time, and so did the needs of the sector and the people relying on healthcare companies to deliver solutions. Along […]


News

Artivion halts clinical trial with mechanical aortic valve

September 26, 2022

Via: Medical Device Network

Artivion has halted the PROACT Xa clinical trial, which was designed to assess if patients with an On-X mechanical aortic valve could be maintained safely and effectively on apixaban versus warfarin. The randomised, prospective trial enrolled subjects with an On-X […]


Innovation, Med Tech

A Technology-Driven Take on Improving Clinical Trial Access and Outcomes

September 22, 2022

Via: Health IT Answers

Tasked with reimagining patient-centric cancer clinical trials, the Bloomberg New Economy International Coalition has identified eliminating patient identification and enrollment barriers as top priorities for accelerating the development of novel cancer treatments, screening, and prevention. The priorities outlined in the […]


Innovation, Medical Devices

Boston Scientific reports data from Cerebral Protection System trial

September 19, 2022

Via: Medical Device Network

Boston Scientific has reported data from the PROTECTED TAVR clinical trial of the SENTINEL Cerebral Protection System. The SENTINEL device has been designed for capturing and removing the embolic debris stemming from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) before it reaches […]


Innovation, Med Tech

Medtronic’s EV ICD System meets safety endpoints in clinical study

August 29, 2022

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

Medtronic has announced that its investigational Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) System met safety endpoints and achieved 98.7% success rate in an international clinical trial. The first-of-its-kind defibrillator has been designed for treating the dangerously fast heartbeat which may […]


Innovation, Med Tech

Internet of Things: a tsunami of clinical trial data

July 29, 2022

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

Internet of Things (IoT) is the catchall term covering devices that collect and exchange data with other devices over the internet. And, according to experts involved in their rollout in clinical trials, the sector is at a tipping point. In […]


News

3 Predictions for Post-COVID Clinical Trial Decentralization

April 27, 2022

Via: HitConsultant

Prior to COVID, major technological transformation initiatives were already underway at many clinical trial sites, sponsors, and contract research organizations (CROs.) But the move to decentralized trials accelerated dramatically in 2020 and 2021–and it’s not slowing down. Survey data from […]


News

Helping Clinical Trial Sites Improve Study Recruitment and Retention

February 21, 2022

Via: HitConsultant

The clinical trial industry is, once again, at an uncertain crossroads. And while it might be assumed that the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the inability to recruit patients for trials, it is instead, a challenge […]


Biomarker, Innovation

Flinders University trial to evaluate new blood test for personalized cancer treatment

July 1, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A blood test to help guide the treatment of esophageal, stomach and bowel cancers will be evaluated in a new Flinders University trial set to get underway. The trial is thanks to a federal government grant of almost $2 million […]


Innovation, Research

Could stem cells improve the outcome of ARDS in severe COVID-19?

May 6, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been associated with hundreds of millions of hospitalizations and over 3.2 million deaths since it first emerged in late-2019. While the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) results mostly in asymptomatic or […]


Biomarker, Innovation, Research

Commonly used drug for neuromuscular diseases could also help prevent certain skin cancers

April 13, 2021

Via: The Medical News

New data published by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) suggests that an oral drug currently used in the clinical setting to […]


Innovation, News, Research

Pfizer begins early stage clinical trial testing oral antiviral drug for Covid

March 23, 2021

Via: CNBC

Pfizer said Tuesday it has begun an early stage clinical trial of an experimental oral antiviral drug for Covid-19. The New York-based company said the phase one trial of the drug – called PF-07321332 – is being conducted in the […]


Biomarker, Innovation, Research

Study shows association between chemotherapy benefit and menopausal status in breast cancer patients

December 9, 2020

Via: The Medical News

After a median follow-up of 5.1 years, among women with lymph node-positive early-stage breast cancer and a recurrence score of 25 or lower who received adjuvant endocrine therapy with or without chemotherapy, postmenopausal patients had no added benefit from chemotherapy, […]


Innovation, Research

Study compares antibiotic therapy with surgery in patients with appendicitis

October 5, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Results of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial shed light on when antibiotics instead of surgery might be the better choice for treating appendicitis in some patients, according to researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), who […]


Innovation, Research

Immunotherapy drug improves survival over standard chemotherapy for lung cancer patients

October 1, 2020

Via: The Medical News

The immunotherapy drug atezolizumab improves survival over standard chemotherapy for many patients with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a new study led by Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers. The findings, from a global randomized phase 3 […]