clinical trials
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Conducting Multiregional Clinical Trials in Oncology
The FDA has issued a draft guidance for industry that, when finalized, will provide sponsors with recommendations ...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Pediatric Cancer Treatment Hampered by Sparse Trial Data
Many oncology clinical trials are unable to recruit enough young people to achieve clinically meaningful results, ...
JUNE 28, 2024
Industry-Funded Research Is on the Rise for Surgical Oncologists
Results of a new study highlight the expanding role of surgical oncologists in industry-sponsored clinical trials.
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
FDA Plans to Ease Informed Consent Rules For Human Studies
The FDA has proposed loosening its rules regarding informed consent to make it easier for researchers to enroll ...
JANUARY 2, 2019
The Clinical Utility of Pragmatic Randomized Trials
The introduction of the pragmatic randomized trial, which uses basic trial design to directly address ...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
FDA Halts 3 MM Studies Evaluating Keytruda Combo
The FDA determined that the available data indicated that the risks of pembrolizumab, the company’s ...
JULY 6, 2017
Lung Cancer Trial Enrollment Disparities Among Women, Older Patients Improved Since 1990
Representation of women and older patients in clinical lung cancer trials improved significantly from 1990 to 2012, ...
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
The Relevance of Pragmatic Randomized Cancer Trials
Cancer clinical trials have many potential goals. From Phase I studies focusing on dose, schedule, and safety to ...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Federally Funded Cancer Trials: Is the Public Receiving an Acceptable ROI?
There has been growing criticism that the federally funded trials system is increasingly bureaucratic, measurably ...
APRIL 20, 2016