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Recruitment rate for clinical trials is calculated by multiplying the number of sites and randomized patients per site by the number of months of recruitment time. This number can also be reverse-engineered, starting with the number of randomized patients a trial needs.

Inflammatory bowel disease, commonly referred to as IBD, is a blanket term used to describe disorders that involve chronic inflammation of the digestive tract.

Many factors can influence how individuals react to certain drugs, medical devices, and treatment plans. Age, biological sex, disabilities, chronic comorbidities, geographical location, gender identity, race, and ethnic background are all important components of medical decision making.

On/off phenomenon in Parkinson's disease happens when the common treatment levodopa wears off and motor symptoms return, before it's time for your next dose. It’s critical to build awareness of these episodes and to understand the causes behind them. 

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, finding ways to be innovative with clinical trial patient recruitment has been the name of the game. One trend we’re seeing is the rise of virtual trials, which has made it easier and safer for more people to participate in research. But even if a trial is fully virtual, sample collection may still need to happen to determine eligibility, so one critically important ...

In our work, we’re privileged to meet many patient advocates who are, in their own ways, making life with illness easier for others. Sara Gorman is the owner of a company called Sara Gorman's Pillbags, which creates stylish weekly pill organizers. She has a lupus blog and is the author of Despite Lupus. And, she’s a powerful advocate for the lupus community. We talked to her about her personal ...

Before a potential new therapy can reach patients, it goes through several clinical trial phases that test an intervention for both safety and effectiveness. Looking at the big picture, it takes approximately ten years for a new treatment to complete the journey from initial discovery to the marketplace. Clinical trials alone take six to seven years on average to complete.

Antidote partnered with the BrightFocus Foundation and PatientPoint to survey more than 650 patients living with cognitive disorders and their care partners. We sought to understand patterns of diagnosis as well as reasons patients do or do not take part in clinical research — with the ultimate goal of recognizing opportunities to improve patient engagement around research participation.

Many factors play into running a successful clinical trial. Patient recruitment has an infamous reputation for taking a long time and slowing down the research process. However, with the right patient recruitment strategies, enrolling volunteers doesn’t have to halt your trial’s progress. 

More than 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, commonly referred to as COPD, and millions more have it but don’t know it. COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most prevalent conditions that contribute to the development of COPD. Signs of COPD include ongoing cough, ...