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Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore ME/CFS, my daughter Lottie’s life was full of the ordinary things that make being a teenager feel like being a teenager: school, plans, friends, and the freedom to imagine what might come next. Then, after an infection, her life changed. There was no single moment when everything disappeared. Instead, little by little, things she […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the high-stakes environment of clinical drug development, the most dangerous risks are rarely the ones that fail loudly. We are conditioned to fear the catastrophic, headline-grabbing failures—the sudden suspension of a trial due to a major safety event or a sudden regulatory hold. Yet, the reality of clinical operations is far more subtle. The […]

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to the Clinical Minds “Innovator Insights Corner,” where we’ll be sharing fascinating stories, perspectives, and predictions from the guests of “from Dreamers to Disruptors,” a podcast by Medidata exploring life sciences innovation and the visionaries behind it all. Cancer diagnoses and the treatments that follow are some of the hardest challenges that anyone can […]

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat Is the 6-Minute Walk Test? In clinical trials, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is one of the most commonly used evaluations in respiratory and cardiovascular clinical trials. However, the current approach to administering the 6MWT increases the burden on both the site and the patient, introduces variability in the data, and fails to provide […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a reality we often push to the back of our minds, but it is one we all share: we will all be patients someday. Whether it is ourselves, a parent, a partner, or a child we love, there will come a moment when medical care becomes the most important thing in our lives. When […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year on September 17th, World Patient Safety Day reminds us of one of healthcare’s most fundamental principles: first, do no harm. When we talk about patient safety, we rightly think about medication errors, surgical mistakes, infections, or failures in hospital care. But there is another kind of patient safety failure, one that can be […]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesClinical outcome assessments (COAs) are among the most carefully developed tools in clinical trials. Years of scientific work go into validating that an instrument measures the right concept, captures meaningful changes, and is appropriate for a given patient population. Yet one important question is often overlooked when it comes to electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA): […]

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to the Clinical Minds “Innovator Insights Corner,” where we’ll be sharing fascinating stories, perspectives, and predictions from the guests of “from Dreamers to Disruptors,” a podcast by Medidata exploring life sciences innovation and the visionaries behind it all. Technological innovation drives progress in clinical research through artificial intelligence (AI), advanced data management, medical-grade wearables […]

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