Clinical Trial News & Information
Everything You Need to Know About Alzheimer’s
It is estimated that 5.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s-related dementia. A new person is diagnosed every 66 seconds. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but knowing your family history and the signs, can put you on the path to early intervention. Defining Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Scientists
Keep Your Patients Interested: Tips & Tricks
Between seeing patients for other studies, attending SIVs, compliance reviews, and recruitment meetings, finding time to call those leads is tough. No big deal, right? Wrong. When a person submits their application, you are at the very peak of interest at that moment. Almost immediately, the excitement begins to lessen, disappearing a little bit at
Taking Care of Your Mental Health
The concept of mental health encompasses the wellbeing of your body, emotions, and social interactions. When your wellbeing is out of alignment, you can develop mental illness. Living with mental illness has its ups and downs. It doesn’t mean you have to “ride it out” or face it alone. Appropriate support resources and taking an
Getting Your Site Noticed: Metrics are Key!
As a clinical research site, you play a huge role in the advancement of medicine. Without you, every lifesaving, life-improving medication and device available would not be possible. So much goes into every part of every day, but this blog is going to focus on just one internal aspect, the metrics. When done properly, metrics
Clinical Trials Q&A-Part II of II
Did you know that every prescription medication you have taken in your life started as an investigational medication that had to be approved through a clinical trial? The same is true about every medical device (knee implant, hip implant, etc.). Did you know that none of these life-changing products would be available today without volunteers
Clinical Trials Q&A-Part I of II
“Are you locked in a padded room?” This was an actual question I was asked as a clinical trial recruitment manager by one of the patients I talked to. The recruitment department for a clinical trial site is vital in working with patients that are interested in participating in clinical trials. The recruitment department for a clinical trial site is vital in working with patients that are interested in participating in clinical trials. But I
