Clinical Guest Contributors

  1. If Patients Want A Better Quality Of Life, Why Isn't That A Focus For Pharma? 3/25/2025

    Medical oncologist Frédéric Fiteni, Ph.D. reveals the widespread industry reluctance to study patient quality of life, describes its importance to patient satisfaction, and offers best practices for its integration.

  2. Gilead Sees Success With HIV PrEP Trial In South Africa 3/24/2025

    Gilead Sciences' Moupali Das, MD, MPH shares how her team completed the Phase 3 trial for HIV PrEP in South Africa amid challenging conditions.

  3. HLA Typing For HSCT: New Research Indicates Expanded Patient Compatibility 3/20/2025

    A challenge in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is finding a fully matched unrelated donor. Recent advances in research and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing are allowing more patients to be matched.

  4. More Than Just A Monitor: Are You Underutilizing Your CRA? 3/20/2025

    Clinical Research Referral Club CEO Elizabeth Tabor explains how — if better utilized — CRAs can help improve trial operations, strengthen site-sponsor relationships, and increase the likelihood of a site securing more studies.

  5. De-Risk Cytokine Release Syndrome With Digital Health Tech 3/19/2025

    Nearly 80% of patients undergoing CAR T cell therapy experience cytokine release syndrome, and Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has the advice and resources to enable early detection and prediction.

  6. Insights From A Digital Health Intervention Trial For Heart Failure 3/18/2025

    University of Twente’s Mark Schuuring, MD, Ph.D. explores how digital health tools can successfully support heart failure interventions, despite hesitancy from providers and skepticism about the interest and abilities of a more senior patient population.

  7. We Need More Black Patients In Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials 3/17/2025

    Malignant hematologist Craig Cole, MD exposes the health disparity for Black people with multiple myeloma and encourages researchers, with specific tips on how to do so, to include more Black people in trials for MM therapies.

  8. Solving The Protocol Deviation Puzzle With FDA Draft Guidance 3/14/2025

    Knowing exactly what to do when a protocol deviation (PD) arises can be challenging. Here, consultant Leila Cupersmith summarizes new FDA guidance on managing PDs.

  9. Invest In This One Thing To Help Strengthen Your ClinOps Team 3/13/2025

    As clinical research faces unprecedented transformation in trial conduct, sponsor companies that will survive — and thrive — are the ones investing in their people.

  10. A Decade Of Data Sharing: Insights From J&J And Yale's YODA Project 3/12/2025

    Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS, and Karla Childers, MS reflect on a decade of data sharing and the lasting impact of the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project on clinical research.