According to a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Clinical Trials Cooperative Group program was inefficient, underfunded, and filled with red tape. The NCI program contains 3,100 institutions in the U.S., Canada, and...
According to an editorial published in the January edition of the British Medical Journal, researchers often do not report relevant clinical trial data. The editorialists said the problem is missing data, “We are not dealing here with trial design, hidden bias or...
A new study released by the international journal Sociology of Health and Illness shows that cancer trials are too long, filled with jargon, and can be intimidating. The study consisted of 13 cancer trials and 26 patients. The authors of the study found that the...
Save the date Wednesday June 13, 2012 for the Eighth Annual Research Symposium by St. Vincent Health. The event will go from 7:00am-4:00pm at the Lilly Conference Center at the Marten House. The main topics will be regulatory updates, family medicine, women’s...
In February, FDA released a new guidance document entitled “Questions and Answers on Informed Consent Elements, 21 CFR § 50.25(c)”. The purpose of the guidance is to help small businesses, particularly clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and institutional review...
