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Reading Time: 2 minutes Early into the pandemic, some researchers were speculating about links between vitamin D deficiency and contracting COVID-19. Understanding the potential link for at-risk populations was the driving motivation behind this research, which was presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. Vitamin D deficiency is easily detected and easily corrected. If […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes While the COVID-19 pandemic certainly had an impact on enrollment for oncology clinical trials, you might be surprised at just how quickly enrollment began to improve, even as COVID-19 cases were on the rise. A group of researchers teamed up to study trends in oncology trial enrollment last year based on waves of the pandemic. […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesOn April 19, the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) made available an explanatory note and draft version of its updated principles for good clinical practice (GCP). While the principles are considered a “work-in-progress,” they offer an opportunity to reflect on the current vision of the working group and align with the modernized ICH E8 Revision […]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Clinical Financial Blog was created to address the complexities that are encountered with financial management of clinical trials. With a lot of critical financial requirements still not fully understood and addressed, we’ve got you covered. Medidata’s team of experts, who have lived and breathed the budgeting and site payments processes, will provide first-hand experiences, […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen selecting an imaging technology solution, sponsors and CROs often focus on core capabilities like opening DICOM images, workflow management, and electronic case report forms. Query management allows communication between individuals performing quality assessments and management of the trial, and sites are often overlooked. Queries are important because they are commonly used to convey image […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes With the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the opportunity to work from offices in person has become more possible as the world slowly returns to normalcy. Internships have been an integral part of college students’ future careers, offering enormous benefits for both themselves and the organization they are involved in. But, as we entered 2021, many […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes What was your favorite part about the internship experience? My favorite part about the internship experience was the time spent interacting with other interns. Since it was a fully virtual internship, we were not able to see each other in person so it was a bit difficult to get to know people. I had weekly […]

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Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog was authored by Fiona Maini, global compliance and strategy principal, Medidata. It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on companies regardless of industry. The pandemic’s impact on clinical research globally has understandably been notable and has catalyzed greater adoption of remote strategies when conducting clinical trials. […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten in partnership with MIT Technology Review It’s easy to see the recruitment problem for investigators studying therapies for cancer and other deadly diseases: Patients with a life-threatening condition need help now. While they might be willing to take a risk on a new treatment, “the last thing they want is to be randomized to […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Work on the Intern Innovation Lab began during the second week of our internship program when each cross-functional team began researching the future of imaging and spent time gathering information from various individuals within the company. After a long process, and much hard work, we are pleased to present our Medidata Discovery winner, Tres Leches, […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the pandemic hit, it reshaped almost every sector of the global economy in a matter of months. Clinical trials were particularly impacted by immediate and long-lasting disruptions, with a global decline of 20% in new patients entering trials per study-site as compared to the pre-COVID baseline. In contrast, the organizations that had already implemented […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten in partnership with MIT Technology Review To build an external control arm, researchers mine a database of past clinical trials to find control subjects who are close matches to the patients in the treatment arm. The information available on the subjects in the database lets researchers match subjects using relevant criteria, such as age, gender, weight, […]

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