Let's talk medical research

For patients, joining a clinical trial is a significant decision. Before signing up, it's important to consider everything from how easy it is to get to the site location, to whether or not the goal resonates. 

Last week, Antidote’s Head of Partnerships, Lindsey Wahlstrom-Edwards, hosted a webinar in which she shared the results of our patient survey. In the survey, we asked nearly 4,000 patients and caregivers about their attitudes and opinions of clinical research to find out what matters most, and how we can better engage patients from all walks of life in medical research. 

Crohn's disease can be exhausting. But tired feelings may go beyond the stress of dealing with a chronic illness. Over a third of people with Crohn's disease may have anemia: low levels of red blood cells or hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that helps transport oxygen throughout the body, which causes symptoms like fatigue and weakness.

Recently, Antidote’s Director of Business Development, Rachel Lind, was featured on the fantastic ERT podcast, “Trial Better.” She and host Jason Eger, Director of Organizational Readiness at ERT, discussed the changing landscape of patient recruitment, the ways in which patients are becoming their own advocates, the importance of diversity in clinical trials, and reducing site burden through ...

In 2014, Stacy Hurt was enjoying a booming career in the pharmaceutical company and life with her husband and eight- and ten-year-old sons. Though Stacy's life was not easy – her youngest son has, in her words, "profound disabilities", and requires around the clock care – her family was thriving.

"Social media doesn't work for clinical trial recruitment."

This weekend, Antidote CEO Laurent Schockmel will head to Las Vegas to attend MAGI West along with about 700 others to share the latest best practices in clinical research. He’s excited to meet and learn from people from all aspects of the research spectrum, and to share his knowledge of patient recruitment. 

Last week, we had the pleasure of attending the annual SCRS Site Solutions Summit. As always, we were invigorated by this congregation of great minds, and inspired by the ways that all the different players in the clinical trials space are working to improve the lives of patients. 

October is Health Literacy Month. Health literacy refers to how well patients understand medical information from doctors. It plays a critical role in whether or not a patient receives the right care for them. 

It’s no secret that recruiting patients for clinical trials can be a difficult endeavor. And, even when a trial meets its quotas and timelines, many still do not reflect real-world populations. So how can we better engage patients from all walks of life in medical research?