RESOURCES & PERSPECTIVES

  1. How Cognitive Testing Transformed Narcolepsy Clinical Trials 9/23/2025

    From sleepiness scales to computerized cognitive testing, narcolepsy research now relies on tools like the CDR System to reveal the full impact of treatments on patients’ daily lives.

  2. The Hidden Problem In Early Phase Oncology Trials 9/23/2025

    Integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can enable improved capture tolerability and optimize dosing decisions.

  3. Expert Notes From The Field On Trial Success 8/20/2025

    This document provides practical wisdom from an author with over 30 years of psychiatric clinical trial experience, distilled into concrete strategies you can implement immediately.

  4. Unmasking Baseline Inflation In Clinical Trials 8/20/2025

    Baseline inflation poses a major threat to CNS trial integrity by constraining the measurable range of improvement and obscuring true treatment effects.

  5. Impact Of Data Concerns In Neurological Clinical Trials: Quality Matters 7/15/2025

    This is Part 1 of a 3-part series demonstrating how robust data analytics can address the real-world implications of data quality issues that affect patients waiting for effective treatments.

  6. Innovations In Pediatric Depression Assessment 6/17/2025

    Discover the transformation of a complex assessment challenge into a competitive advantage. Our electronic CDRS-R doesn't just digitize the scale—it embeds clinical expertise, automates quality controls, and guides raters through every step to ensure consistent, reliable data.

  7. Psychedelic Clinical Trials: Methods And Mystique 6/17/2025

    The future of psychedelic medicine depends on applying strict scientific standards, using evidence-based approaches to manage the inherent challenges of studying these consciousness-altering compounds.

  8. Precision in Alzheimer's Testing: Tackling Common Assessment Errors 5/20/2025

    Learn about frequent administration and scoring errors in MMSE and ADAS-Cog assessments during Alzheimer's trials and how data surveillance and targeted rater training can improve cognitive testing.

  9. Beyond Seizures: Innovating Epilepsy Clinical Trials 5/20/2025

    Examine challenges and solutions in epilepsy trials, including electronic diaries, placebo response training, and integrated cognitive assessments, transforming research approaches.

  10. Assessment Revolutionizes CNS Trial Outcomes: CDR Attention Battery 4/21/2025

    Discover how this validated 7-minute cognitive assessment transforms CNS trials through precise patient stratification, objective attention measurements, and enhanced signal detection.