Clinical Research Blog

It’s no secret that “Big Pharma” has a lot of critics. However, in the shadow of the Ebola outbreak, suddenly the critics are less vocal than those demanding innovation and speed in developing Ebola prevention or cures.  By all accounts, pharmaceutical companies with expertise in infectious diseases are responding quickly (Forbes).  Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, an […]

The Research Center staff and doctors are committed to advancing medicines and technology.  In fact, our doctors are so committed to this goal that they participate in research studies in addition to their regular clinical practices.  Our doctors are motivated because they know clinical research is a vital step in the process of making new […]

Volunteers ask me lots of questions as they are deciding if they want to participate in a clinical trial, but here’s one that I’m almost never asked: Do patients who participate in clinical trials have better health outcomes than those who do not?   In fact, there is evidence that patients treated in clinical trials […]

In my years of conducting clinical trials, many things have changed. For example, back in the day we used a pen to fill out data collection forms, which were then sent to study sponsors by overnight delivery. Today data are entered directly into web-based clinical trial databases. One thing about clinical research that has not […]

The Clinical Research Center is currently participating in the Expedition 3 Study, a trial for those who have mild Alzheimer’s disease. The investigational drug solanezumab is being evaluated in this worldwide trial to see whether it helps slow the worsening of Alzheimer’s in patients who currently have mild disease.  When we announced our research center […]