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Grand Rounds December 15, 2023: Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Path Forward (Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, FESC)

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Yet enrollment of ethnic minorities in NIH clinical trials and for trials studying approved devices and drugs remains low. Increasing diversity in trial leadership is one of the most important strategies to increase diversity among RCT participants. Many high school and college students are moving away from the sciences.

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How the Ukrainian clinical trial industry is overcoming disruption

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Clinical trials were thrown into turmoil on the morning of 24 February 2022, along with every aspect of life in Ukraine. In July, approximately a third of companies had paused a trial in the country. By August, 28 foreign-sponsored, multi-country trials were affected, almost half with sites in Ukraine and Russia. [1].

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July 24, 2024: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, Fonarow to Discuss Interventions for Optimizing Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

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Fonarow is the Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science at UCLA, director of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, and codirector of the UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program. Join the online meeting.

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January 17, 2024: In This Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Why Are Imaging Trials Different?

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Douglas is the Ursula Geller Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases at Duke University and a past president of both the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. The post January 17, 2024: In This Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Why Are Imaging Trials Different? Join the online meeting.

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

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The regulatory approval was based on the findings obtained from a double-blind, multinational, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial conducted in 5,522 chronic coronary disease patients.

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June 12, 2024: Registry-Based DAPA-MI Trial to Be Featured in This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds

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James and Oldgren are professors of cardiology in the Department of Medical Sciences and the Uppsala Clinical Research Center at Uppsala University. The post June 12, 2024: Registry-Based DAPA-MI Trial to Be Featured in This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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Grand Rounds October 18, 2024: Rigorous Testing of Behavior Change Interventions: Lessons from the BE ACTIVE Randomized Clinical Trial (Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS)

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Another barrier that the research team identified was that existing guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association lack specificity and strong supporting evidence. This framework can be used to understand why people don’t exercise, even when they know they should.